Richland Operations Office is close to transitioning from deactivation to full-scale demolition at the main processing facility of Hanford’s PFP.
For the first time since 2012, EM recently shipped treated transuranic waste from Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center to WIPP.
Hanford Site workers recently tore down the first portion of the Plutonium Finishing Plant complex’s Main Processing Facility.
Hanford Site workers finished removing combustible material & contaminated loose debris recently from the airlock floor of the 300 Area’s 324 Building
Michael Stevens has worked his share of demolition projects across the DOE complex. “This was a unique project,” said Stevens.
Workers began demolishing the Poplar Creek facilities this month, bringing Oak Ridge’s EM program closer to completing major cleanup at ETTP by 2020.
Workers used explosives to safely demolish the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) 200-foot-tall ventilation stack on July 15, 2017.
The skyline will soon change at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant.
Field work and cleanup at the East Tennessee Technology Park’s K-732 Switchyard are scheduled to be completed this month.
Hanford Site workers recently shut off the PFP ventilation system, moving the main processing facility closer to demolition this summer.