About 2,000 gallons of radioactive and chemical tank waste is one step closer to disposal as part of a treatment technology demonstration at the Hanford Site.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management received concurrence this month from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from Tank 9 and may now proceed to the next step in the closure process for that tank.
Workers recently completed an 18-month project of replacing 11 hot cell windows at the 222-S Laboratory on the Hanford Site.
Workers at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant have completed testing key safety systems inside the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility, moving the facility toward commissioning to support the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program to immobilize tank waste in glass.
A contractor is using an innovative system at the Hanford Site to cut into a waste-filled underground tank, showcasing new technology that improves efficiency and reduces worker and environmental risks.
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR took another step forward in the construction of the Mercury Treatment Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management is deploying drones for the first time to perform internal inspections of radioactive liquid waste tanks at the Savannah River Site.
Contractor teams recently collaborated to transfer 4,000 gallons of wastewater between two Hanford Site facilities.
Workers at the Hanford Site recently finished filling the last large concrete basin at the K Reactor Area with cement-like grout. The basin stored reactor fuel rods from the plutonium production mission.
A One Hanford contractor partnership has developed a new process to ensure radioactive and chemical tank waste is ready for pretreatment quickly and efficiently at the Hanford Site.