What’s been described as the utility backbone for Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant is being activated and tested as soon as 2022.
For the first time, EM treated and shipped Hanford tank waste off site to a commercial facility for disposal as low-level waste.
The Savannah River Site (SRS) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tank 17 closure — the second waste vessel closed at the site.
A team of ORP engineers joined industry and academia experts to develop a first-of-a-kind high-efficiency particulate air filter.
The SRS liquid waste contractor recently earned an “excellent” rating and $14,465,000 — or 96 percent — of available award fee.
Mike Jennings led the team that cleaned up the former 618-10 Burial Ground, a hazardous landfill on the Hanford Site.
Washington River Protection Solutions, the tank operations contractor for EM’s Office of River Protection, is wrapping up waste retrieval activities.
EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently received its 12,000th shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal since opening in 1999.
Workers have begun preparing for the second 32.8-million-gallon saltstone disposal unit at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
An annual competition provides a forum for creative ideas that could lead to cost savings and efficiencies for Hanford’s tank waste cleanup mission.