Hanford News

The Idaho Cleanup Project Buried Waste Retrieval Team successfully completed targeted transuranic waste retrieval at the Idaho National Laboratory Site.
DOE recently bestowed eight EM teams with the Secretary of Energy Achievement Award, recognizing projects at the Idaho, Savannah River and Hanford sites as well as a group of employees who revamped and expanded EM’s Minority Serving Institutions.
Members of the Single-Shell Tank Retrievals team use five cameras lowered inside Tank AX-101 on the Hanford Site to monitor activity as they remotely start a sluicer, which sprays water on the waste to break it down so it can be pumped out of the tank.
The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) recently took another step in reducing environmental risk at the Hanford Site, as workers began retrieving radioactive and chemical waste from the fourth & final underground single-shell storage tank in the AX Farm.
Nolan Wright, Washington River Protection Solutions Instrumentation and Controls engineer, left, and Darin Wood, nuclear chemical operator, talk with operators at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant control room to test the transfer line communication system between the plant and Hanford’s AP Tank Farm.
Hanford Site crews recently completed testing on a transfer line communications system between the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) and the nearby tank farm, or large group of underground storage tanks, where pretreated waste is being stored
The video titled The Lasting Impact of Distracted Driving was produced by Hanford Site contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company
EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) recently received a national award for producing a video titled The Lasting Impact of Distracted Driving, which reinforces the importance of traffic safety.
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.
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.