The city of Richland is considering selling 425 acres of former Hanford nuclear site land for a $4.5 billion project related to advanced nuclear fuel. The company interested in the project, which is projected to employ 1,000 workers, has not been made public. It is identified in city documents only under the code name of “Project Spin.” The proposal is the latest in a series of 10-figure economic development deals pending in or near the Tri-Cities. Others include Atlas Agro, which is considering Richland for its proposed $1.1 billion carbon-free fertilizer plant, and an unnamed U.S. tech company that plans to build a $4.8 billion data center complex at Wallula Gap Business Park, about 10 miles east of Pasco.
Richland economic development leaders are confident Project Spin is a win for the community and its vision of an economy bolstered by clean energy manufacturing. “We believe based on conversations this far that the project is very likely to move forward as planned in some form,” Mandy Wallner the city’s economic development director, told the Tri-City Herald.
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