EM's Office of River Protection (ORP) and tank farms operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) continue to advance a comprehensive program to ensure the structural integrity of the Hanford Site’s underground waste storage tanks.
EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has completed a significant waste retrieval project, further advancing EM’s mission of safe cleanup of legacy liquid waste.
A second slate of 12 laboratory technicians recently started work at the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.
EM's Office of River Protection (ORP) tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently started testing a system integral to treating the Hanford Site’s tank waste.
As the EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team moves closer to starting up the first of two melters inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility, plant contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) has launched a website.
The EM Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team is on track to conduct the next phase of safety testing inside the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility, now that initial testing of its two “melter trains” is complete.
EM’s ORP and its tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently installed a pump inside a large underground waste storage tank that is integral to a program that will treat the Hanford Site’s tank waste.
An EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor team has finished creating almost 5,500 step-by-step procedures required for operation of Waste Treatment and WTP systems and facilities needed for Hanford’s DFLAW approach to tank waste treatment.
Physical progress is visible at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) as EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) moves closer to treating millions of gallons of Hanford Site tank waste.
Workers will soon begin testing and commissioning upgrades to one of two water systems on the Hanford Site to ensure the site’s infrastructure will support long-term cleanup activities.