EM ORP & contractor Bechtel National, Inc. continue to make progress in their mission to process & stabilize millions of gallons of radioactive waste.
Office of Environmental Management
January 26, 2021
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RICHLAND, Wash. – The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Bechtel National, Inc. continue to make progress in their mission to process and stabilize millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste currently stored at the Hanford Site.
Startup engineers at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have been performing mechanical equipment testing on the two units that make up the “bogie,” or cart transport rail system, in the lower level of the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility.
View this video to learn more about the transport system testing.
This video shows the "bogie," or cart transport system, testing in action.
During future plant operations, containers will be filled with vitrified waste, which is immobilized in glass, and placed on the bogie transport rail that leads to the facility’s finishing line area before containers are moved to storage.
To date, all 94 systems in the LAW Facility have been turned over to startup, and 38 of those have been handed over for commissioning.