Imagine a training exercise where you have to follow clues, complete a series of specialized tasks, and escape from an enclosed room before your air supply runs out. It’s just one of many real-life scenarios students confront at the Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response – HAMMER, for short – training center at the Department of Energy’s Hanford nuclear site in Washington State. Director Paul Vandervert is our Spotlight Guest on this week's podcast. Learn more about this one-of-a-kind training center that has a global reach and is helping to ensure the environmental cleanup workforce can do their jobs safely.
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