RICHLAND, Wash. – Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), far right, visited the Hanford Site on May 5. He met with EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney (not pictured), Office of River Protection (ORP) Manager Kevin Smith (second from right), and ORP Assistant Manager for Tank Farms Tom Fletcher (not pictured). Also shown are Mark Lindholm (third from right), president of tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions, and David Berick (far left), with Wyden’s office.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Sen. Martin Heinrich (D- N.M.), center, visited Los Alamos National Laboratory on May 5.

RICHLAND, Wash. – Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), far right, visited the Hanford Site on May 5. He met with EM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney (not pictured), Office of River Protection (ORP) Manager Kevin Smith (second from right), and ORP Assistant Manager for Tank Farms Tom Fletcher (not pictured). Also shown are Mark Lindholm (third from right), president of tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions, and David Berick (far left), with Wyden’s office. Wyden visited the site to discuss double-shell tanks and tank vapor concerns during an open press briefing. The senator and his staff later toured several tank farms, learned about available protective equipment, and toured the AY tank farm control room where operators remotely operate in-tank retrieval equipment.

 

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Sen. Martin Heinrich (D- N.M.), center, visited Los Alamos National Laboratory on May 5. He toured Area G in the afternoon and was briefed on the status of the remediated nitrate salt drums and wildfire management strategies at the laboratory.