The EM ORP and Hanford tank farms contractor WRPS continue to take actions to protect workers from potential exposure to chemical vapors.
Dramatic transformation is underway at the Hanford Site as the DFLAW approach to tank waste treatment shifts from construction to operations.
An autonomous instrumented vehicle —better known as a rover— easily traversed the terrain in a recent test drive near SX Tank Farm at the ORP Hanford.
A team from EM’s ORP and tank farms contractor WRPS recently finished removing another highly contaminated pump from a Hanford double-shell tank.
EM's ORP and WRPS go to great lengths to learn more about the nature and extent of contamination around and beneath Hanford’s waste storage tanks.
Employees recently gathered at Oak Ridge’s TWPC to celebrate completing a full year of shipments to EM’s WIPP.
Chemists are developing processes for analyzing Hanford tank waste before it’s turned into glass inside the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.
Researchers at PNNL & Washington State University are seeking insight into long-term behavior of glassified nuclear waste to ensure its durability.
Fascinated by chemistry, Jose Marcial started a summer internship as a high school senior with PNNL and EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) in 2009.
Hanford’s WTP is bringing more major utility systems online as the facility continues the transition from construction to startup and commissioning.