PNNL may get $25M
By John Trumbo, Herald staff writer Another $25 million for building replacement research facilities for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is expected this week when President Bush signs a bill that includes money requested by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. The money is coming from the Department of Homeland Security to help build a new lab in north Richland to replace offices and labs being lost in the cleanup of the 300 Area at Hanford near the Columbia River. Read More...
Department of Energy approves PNNL's future
campus plans
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Capability Replacement Laboratory project is building the replacement facilities. Enlarged View
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's 300 Area Capability Replacement Laboratory (CRL) project scope, opening the way for construction throughout the PNNL campus.
The CRL will contain replacement facilities to house capabilities and staff from the Hanford Site's 300 Area. As part of DOE's Hanford Site cleanup, PNNL must leave much of the 300 Area by the end of 2011.
Most recently, the DOE approved PNNL's funding approach for three new facilities: the Physical Sciences Facility, a federally funded complex; and the Computational Sciences and Biological Sciences Facilities, both privately funded buildings.
In late 2005, DOE Deputy Undersecretary Clay Sell gave approval to complete building designs for the CRL. Congressman Doc Hastings, who has been a strong champion for the Lab's replacement facilities, announced this action in a press release.
DOE is now in the process of approving the Laboratory's design plans and once design plans are approved, construction will begin. We expect to begin construction on all three facilities this fiscal year.
PNNL will also remain in four facilities that it already occupies in the 300 Area.
