The Hanford Advisory Board continues to review budget proposals and offer advice. The HAB has submitted proposals to reduce the compliance gap, implement cost savings, and eliminate funding for non-cleanup activities. The second decade of cleanup should begin with real progress toward elimination of urgent risks. Hopefully, removal of K Basin spent fuel will begin this year, and funding will be secured and design completed for the construction of the tank waste vitrification plant. Cleanup must continue along the River Corridor, and decontamination of the Plutonium Finishing Plant facilities should be underway.
Delays are costly.
Pay now or pay more later. Get on with it.