RICHLAND, Wash. – The 324 Building is one of the last buildings remaining in the Hanford Site’s 300 Area, where workers fabricated fuel rods and conducted research to support plutonium production.
Office of Environmental Management
April 27, 2017
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Workers build a mockup of the processing cell floor to be removed to access the radioactive soil beneath it.
RICHLAND, Wash. – The 324 Building is one of the last buildings remaining in the Hanford Site’s 300 Area, where workers fabricated fuel rods and conducted research to support plutonium production.
Before workers can demolish it, they must remove radioactive soil beneath one of its former processing cells. Because the soil is radioactive, EM’s Richland Operations Office and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company intend to remove and dispose of it using remotely operated equipment.
This video shows employees using mockup equipment to test a large saw to remove the floor and access the soil. It also features a training mockup for workers to prepare the building for the remotely operated equipment.