No matter the timeframe, continual, timely maintenance keeps the vital national mission going at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
A follow-up virtual public meeting will then be held to discuss the findings.
Office of River Protection contractor Bechtel National, Inc. has started training technical staff and supervisors.
EM has made a sizable investment over the last five years to improve infrastructure and support.
Since September, crews have shipped more than 211,000 gallons of purged well water and drilling fluids.
The presidents of two EM cleanup contractors have each won a national award for their commitment to safety.
A crew at EM’s WVDP recently conducted several mock-up sessions in which employees practiced properly suiting up before entering the Main Plant.
and EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) have created a new calendar to raise safety awareness.
The mock-up, which was built at Hanford’s Maintenance and Storage Facility (MASF), replicates the areas of the Waste Encapsulation Storage Facility.
EM's Idaho National Laboratory recently determined that fuel canisters identified as high risk continue to be safely stored.