Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently started the permanent joule heating system in the second of two melters in the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility.
Small Business Program managers from the One Hanford team recently hosted the 17th annual Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium.
The Analytical Laboratory team at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently began radiological testing to calibrate laboratory instruments and confirm procedures, a significant step toward future waste-treatment operations.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington State Department of Ecology, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a landmark agreement that proposes a realistic and achievable course for cleaning up millions of gallons of radioactive and chemical waste from large, underground tanks at the Hanford Site.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) sites across the country are taking steps to mitigate the impacts of climate change and reduce their carbon footprints.
A partnership between a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractor and Washington State University (WSU) is supporting the growth of future professionals while advancing cleanup priorities at the Hanford Site.
Crews at the Hanford Site are reducing risk at the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant (PUREX), one of the site’s five former chemical separations facilities.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) HAMMER Federal Training Center and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory co-hosted this year’s gathering of the Training Working Group of the Energy Facility Contractors Group at the Hanford Site.
Crews at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently brought the second of two 300-ton melters up to the operating temperature of 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit as part of EM’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program.
Recent completion of a project at the Hanford Site marked a significant accomplishment, as crews from EM contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) loaded and shipped 15 drums of sodium waste from the site’s former research reactors for offsite treatment.