A team working for the Idaho Site EM program recently built a shielded container to ship a unique waste to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
“Multiple organizations shared the commitment of treating the UNS drums safely,” EM-LA Manager Doug Hintze said.
The resumption of mining at WIPP earlier this year was a major milestone for the project & necessary for WIPP to continue operations into the future.
Modifications are complete to two of the reaction vessels of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU).
EM has reached a milestone of moving 9 million tons of uranium mill tailings from the Moab Site in Utah to the dedicated disposal cell.
Construction of the final Accelerated Retrieval Project (ARP) structure at EM’s Idaho Site is complete.
Field preparations have begun for the installation of two interim surface barriers in the SX Tank Farm at EM’s Hanford Site.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry breaks ground at the site where Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) 7 will stand.
EM's Idaho Site workers completed improvements to IWTU, including the task of welding a stainless steel alloy designed to withstand high temperatures.
Workers have begun startup testing at Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility and the Analytical Laboratory.