Construction of a second large-scale saltstone disposal unit (SDU) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is progressing safely and on schedule.
EM’s ORP and tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently renovated portions of the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory.
EM and its liquid waste contractor at SRS are putting practice into action before tackling significant projects.
EM’s ORP and contractor BNI recently installed two 40-ton process cell pipe racks into the Effluent Management Facility (EMF).
SRS crews recently completed onsite startup testing for an EM project designed to accelerate removal of radioactive waste from underground tanks.
EM’s ORP and tank farms contractor WRPS are navigating tight spaces in Hanford’s A and AX tank farms as preparations continue for waste retrievals.
EM’s ORP safely finished energizing the Analytical Laboratory at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) recently.
It’s nearly impossible to see the integrity of metal plates that form the base of the DSTs buried at Hanford, but hearing them may help researchers.
About 8,500 gallons of low-level liquid waste from an underground waste tank at SRS have been treated and transferred to SDU 6.
The Washington State Department of Ecology has granted the permits needed for Hanford’s WTP, or Vit Plant, to finish construction of the EMF.