Structural Analysis of the Core Performance in Liquid Metal Nuclear Reactors How do you measure structural performance in liquid metal nuclear reactors? It's not your conventional civil/structural engineering analysis because of the change in material properties with respect to time, temperature, and neutron flux. The FFTF reactor is an example of a liquid metal nuclear […]
Structural "Secrets" Behind Seattle's Newest Landmarks Come join us this month in Sunnyside for a very special treat. This month we partner up with the local Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) to bring you world-renowned structural engineer Jon Magnusson of the firm Magnusson Klemencic Associates. He will speak to us to the Structural Engineering […]
This month we welcome Rick Jansons, the new Executive Director for the Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity. Rick was previously a nuclear industry consultant with over 25 years in the industry and has served on numerous local boards, such as the Richland School District Board, Leadership Tri-Cities, and Richland Rotary. He has also served as […]
The Vitrification Plant at Hanford Presentation Overview: Bechtel - Hanford Vit Plant We are excited to have Mr. Nelson and Mr. Theriault speak at this month's meeting about one of the largest clean-up projects in the world. Last year we had a presentation on the project by Dan McDonald with the Department of Ecology. This year we are […]
Volunteer opportunity with the City of Yakima to plant vegetation on a portion of restored Yakima River floodplain from 8am - 12pm If you are interested in volunteering, please click on the link below for more information and to register:
For this month's monthly meeting, we are please to meet at the Port of Kennewick to see what the future holds in store for the riverfront of downtown Kennewick. The Port has gradually been acquiring property and putting together plans to redevelop this stretch of land. Come and join us for lunch, see the scale […]
We welcome the City of Pasco's Public Works Director Ahmad Qayoumi as our speaker this month. He will present on the Oregon Avenue Project which is currently under design. The corridor has had a high number of fatal accidents in the past five years due to high speeds and a large percentage of truck traffic.
January will be our annual Walla Walla night meeting. We welcome Mike Laughery and Neal Chavre with the City of Walla Walla to discuss their recent Myra Road project. The meeting will be at the Water and Environmental Center at Walla Walla Community College. The event will be catered by WWCC's Catering program so please […]
This month we welcome Kim Koegler with Washington Closure Hanford to O'Callahan's in the Shilo Inn at Richland. Washington Closure Hanford, as the contractor to the U.S. Department of Energy on the River Corridor Closure Contract, is charged with the remediation of Vertical Pipe Units at the 618-10 and 618-11 Burial Grounds. VPUs were one of […]
This month we welcome Tim McGuire, Senior Engineer with Cascade Earth Sciences to O'Callahan's in the Shilo Inn in Richland. How do you fix a multi-user process wastewater land treatment system near capacity to enable more food processing and more processors? The City of Pasco is solving system capacity limitations by applying practical engineering, agronomy, […]