EM and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site celebrated an important milestone last week: the site’s 7,000th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.
EM is testing technologies and processes needed to help immobilize Hanford Site tank waste in glass through a process called vitrification.
EM crews at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently completed their 100th plutonium downblend in fiscal year 2023 safely and ahead of schedule as part of ongoing work to remove the material from South Carolina.
Workers at the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) have begun removing the first three of 18 temporary startup heaters.
– EM Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) recently took a major step forward when the Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) received a federal authorization.
Classified records from the start of the Manhattan Project arrived safely at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration near Washington, D.C.
Workers on the Hanford Site are preparing to cut into the dome of an underground waste-storage tank later this summer to get ready for future waste retrieval operations.
The Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team last week poured the first batches of glass forming beads, called frit, into a melter heated to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.
EM has marked a major achievement in the effort to expand interim storage of canisters of vitrified high-level waste at the Savannah River Site (SRS) while saving taxpayer dollars.
The EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently wrapped up initial worker training sessions on sustaining a nuclear safety culture, as the pace of Hanford Site operations picks up.