Nuclear Engineering Support for 324 Facility Decommissioning and Demolition (D&D) Activities

Aerial photograph of 324 Facility Near the Banks of the Columbia River

Recent Projects Nuclear Engineering Support for 324 Facility Decommissioning and Demolition (D&D) Activities Nuclear Safety and Technical Analysis The 324 Building (Waste Technology Engineering Laboratory) is a Hazard Category 2 nuclear facility currently undergoing decommissioning and demolition.  During pre-demolition activities contaminated soil was discovered below the facility’s hot cell with dose rates exceeding  10,000 R/hour. …

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STEM Like Me!

STEM like me group

Polestar employees take an active role in guiding the leaders of tomorrow by participating the Washington State Stem Like Me! Program. STEM Like Me! encourages students to pursue science and technology-related careers in the classroom. STEM Like ME! brings STEM professionals into the classroom to educate students about the many ways learning about science and…

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Junior Achievement Bowling Classic

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2020 Hollywood at the Lanes Team Polestar brought their Hollywood flair, dressed up their lane and bowled for JA’s annual Bowling Classic “fun”raiser!  Polestar’s 2019/2020 grand total was $1036.00!Our annual JA Fundraising yard sale at the Bailey’s pulled in a total of $636.00 – a very special thank you to Bill and Patty, Jim Carey,…

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Pandemic Food Drive

fruit and veggies at food bank drive

Polestar showed up for the pandemic food drive donating $760.00 and 49 pounds of groceries! Polestar has supported the Tri-City Food Bank throughout the years with quarterly food drives. We made a push during the pandemic to give a little to those who are needing it most. Food Banks have seen a marked reduction in…

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3rd Annual George & Pat Jones Community Service Day

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For our first Tri-Cities Community Service Day project we chose Mirror Ministries!! A group of Polestar employees volunteered their supplies and man-hours to paint a couple of interior rooms for this deserving organization. Kathy picked up Starbucks for all of us that morning and we got to work. Tricia and Gary MacFarlan, founders of Mirror…

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