Hanford's WTP is on track to vitrify tank waste as soon as December 2021, Brian Vance, manager of the EM Office of River Protection, said last week.
EM and contractor officials discussed here last week the path forward for WIPP following the resumption of waste shipments to the facility.
Workers recently completed construction of a mixed low-level waste disposal cell at NNSS to support environmental cleanup in Nevada and across the US.
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.