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.
Hanford Site workers removed waste from the 324 Building’s airlock so they can eventually clear out contaminated soil from beneath the building.
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. – Peter Keenan is part of a team that helps ensure the safety of workers demolishing contaminated facilities at EM’s Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) nuclear facility.
RICHLAND, Wash. – Workers are preparing for a challenging phase of the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) demolition: continuing th...
MIAMI – EM’s robotics needs and opportunities were part of a broader discussion on integrating such systems into hazardous work environments at a two-day seminar earlier his month.
AIKEN, S.C. – The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is using virtual reality technology to improve the reactor deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) process. This innovative approach is being used to close the dormant C Reactor at EM’s Sav...
PIKETON, Ohio – EM’s Portsmouth Site and cleanup contractor Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) recently finished deactivating the first floor unit of the X-326 Gaseous Diffusion Process Building, a milestone in preparing the cell for demolition.