Representatives from several Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant suppliers toured plant facilities during a recent visit and received Premier Supply Chain Contributor Awards from contractor Bechtel National Inc. The awards recognize their support of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program.
RICHLAND, Wash. – The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) contractor team recently recognized project contributions by 14 suppliers by presenting them with Premier Supply Chain Contributor Awards during a ceremony at the Hanford Site.
“Excellent contractor and supplier relationships are essential to our collective success,” said Frank Salaman, manager of Procurement and Subcontracts for Bechtel National Inc., which is designing, building and commissioning the WTP for EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP). “Suppliers are critical members of our team, and these businesses provide outstanding materials and service to the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste Program (DFLAW).”
Bechtel’s procurement team created these new awards to honor the incredible feats and support of its top contractors and plans to continue the tradition annually.
The DFLAW Program is a system of interdependent projects and infrastructure improvements, managed and highly integrated, that must operate together to vitrify, or immobilize in glass, low-activity waste from Hanford’s large underground tanks.
Jim Jarrett, left, with Apollo Mechanical Contractors and other supplier representatives toured the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Low-Activity Waste Facility with Tim Dallas, facility manager for Waste Treatment Completion Company, a subcontractor to prime contractor Bechtel National Inc.
The following suppliers were recognized:
- ABB (Zurich, Switzerland)
- API Construction Company (New Brighton, Minnesota)
- Apollo Mechanical Contractors (Kennewick, Washington)
- Coleman Oil (Lewiston, Idaho)
- Flowserve Corp. (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
- GrayMar Environmental Services (Moses Lake, Washington)
- Hitachi Energy USA Inc. (Raleigh, North Carolina)
- Howden Roots (Windsor, Connecticut)
- Peerless Pumps (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- Petersen (Ogden, Utah)
- PumpTech (Bellevue, Washington)
- R.E. Dupill, doing business as DG Nuclear (Leechburg, Pennsylvania)
- TCI (Germantown, Wisconsin)
- Two Rivers Terminal (Pasco, Washington)
Company representatives toured the plant to see firsthand how their work contributed to progress. For example, the company that built two large melters that will vitrify tank waste during treatment saw them installed inside the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility.
“Hanford contractors call upon suppliers from the across the country, and especially in our local area, to deliver their expertise in supporting the successful delivery of our mission,” said Tom Fletcher, ORP assistant manager and federal project director for the WTP Project. “I am pleased to see the contributions of these companies recognized as examples of the excellent support small and large businesses provide the Hanford Site and our contractors.”
When DFLAW operations at the plant begin, waste treated to remove radioactive cesium and solids will be fed to the melters. The waste will be mixed with glass-forming materials, heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit and then poured into specially designed stainless-steel containers. The containers will be transported a short distance to the site’s Integrated Disposal Facility for disposal.
Earlier this fall, Bechtel’s corporate office announced its 2022 Global Supplier Award recipients, and three WTP suppliers were recognized: PumpTech, Two Rivers Terminal and API Construction Company.
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