Hanford Organizations
The Hanford site operations were initially directed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, followed by the Atomic Energy Commission and then the Energy Research and Development Administration. Hanford operations are currently directed by the U.S. Department of Energy. It has been operated under government contract by a number of private companies over the years - the table which follows summarizes the operating contractors through 2000.
| Year Begun | Month | Organization | Responsibility | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | December 12 | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Lead U.S. Government entity | Held role until January 1, 1947 |
| 1942 | December 12 | E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (DuPont) | All site activities | Initial Hanford site contractor |
| 1946 | September 1 | General Electric Company (GE) | All site activities | Replaced DuPont |
| 1947 | January 1 | Atomic Energy Commission | Lead U.S. Government entity | Replaced U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| 1953 | May 15 | Vitro Engineers | Hanford Engineering Services | Assumed GEs new facility design role |
| 1953 | June 1 | J.A. Jones Construction | Hanford Construction Services | Assumed GEs construction role |
| 1965 | January 1 | U.S. Testing | Environmental & bioassay testing | Assumed GEs environmental and bioassay testing role |
| 1965 | January 4 | Battelle Memorial Institute | Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) | Assumed GE’s laboratory operations - subsequently renamed Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| 1965 | July 1 | Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) | Computer services | New scope |
| 1965 | August 1 | Hanford Occupational Health Foundation | Industrial Medicine | Assumed GE’s industrial medicine role |
| 1965 | September 10 | Douglas United Nuclear | Single pass reactor operations & fuel fabrication | Assumed part of GE’s reactor operations |
| 1966 | January 1 | Isochem | Chemical processing | Assumed GE’s chemical processing operations |
| 1966 | March 1 | ITT Federal Support Services, Inc. | Support services | Assumed |
| 1967 | July 1 | Douglas United Nuclear | N Reactor operation | Assumed remainder of GE’s reactor operations |
| 1967 | September 4 | Atlantic Richfield Hanford Company | Chemical Processing | Replaced Isochem |
| 1967 | August 8 | Hanford Environmental Health Foundation | Industrial Medicine | Name change only |
| 1970 | February 1 | Westinghouse Hanford Company | Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory | Spun off from PNL with mission to build the Fast Flux Test Facility |
| 1971 | September | ARHCO | Support Services | Replaces ITT/PSS |
| 1973 | April | United Nuclear Industries, Inc. | All production reactor operations | Name change from Douglas United Nuclear only |
| 1975 | January 1 | Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) | Lead U.S. Government entity | Replaced AEC - managed site until October 1, 1977 |
| 1975 | October 1 | Boeing Computer Services (BCS) | Computer services | Replaced CSC |
| 1977 | October 1 | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | Lead U.S. Government Agency | Replaced ERDA - manages site presently |
| 1977 | October 1 | Rockwell Hanford Operations (RHO) | Chemical Processing & Support Services | Replaces ARCHO |
| 1981 | June | Braun Hanford Company (BHC) | Architect & Engineering Services | Replaces Vitro |
| 1982 | March | Kaiser Engineering Hanford (KEH) | Architect & Engineering Services | Replaces BHC |
| 1987 | March 1 | KEH | Construction | Consolidated contract includes former J.A. Jones work |
| 1987 | June 29 | WHC | Site management & operations | Consolidated contract includes former RHO, UNC & KEH work. |
| 1996 | October 1 | Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc. (FDH) | Site management & operations | FDH is integrating contractor with 13 subcontracted companies |
| 2000 | February 7 | Fluor Hanford | Site cleanup operations | Transition to site cleanup (13 Fluor subcontractors held various roles) |
| 2009 | October 1 | Washington River Protection Solutions | Tank Farm cleanup operations | Transition to multi contractor roles (Mission Support Alliance MSA) |
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