Hanford Waste Treatment Plant completes important mechanical installation in Pretreatment Facility

Richland, Wash. — Crews at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, also known as the "Vit Plant," recently assembled and placed a more than eight-ton decontamination booth in the Pretreatment Facility. The booth will be used to decontaminate large pieces of equipment that must be removed from radioactive areas when they require maintenance.

"The decontamination booth is the first significant piece …

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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant places first complex piping module in Pretreatment Facility

Richland, Wash. — Last weekend, crews at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, also known as the "Vit Plant," placed a 19-ton piping module inside the Pretreatment Facility. The module was lifted over 98-foot-tall walls and lowered into a space that provided less than two inches of clearance on each side and just a few feet on each end. It was …

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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant reaches design milestone for largest facility

Richland, Wash. — The Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Project, also known as the "Vit Plant," recently issued the final design for the concrete walls of the Pretreatment Facility — and celebrated reaching 60 percent complete.

"This additional design milestone — for the largest Vit Plant facility — further demonstrates that transition and our commitment to completing Vit Plant design in …

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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant welding manager elected as Bechtel Fellow

Richland, Wash. — Richard Campbell, the welding manager at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, has been elected as a Bechtel Fellow. He joins more than 20 Bechtel Fellows from varying professional fields and organizations within the global corporation. Campbell is the first person from Bechtel's Construction organization to be named a Fellow.

Bechtel Fellows are selected for their …

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Construction continues to advance at Pretreatment Facility

Richland, Wash. — Recently, Hanford Waste Treatment Plant crews lifted and placed a nearly 9-ton rebar curtain above the 77-foot elevation at the Pretreatment Facility. The curtain measures 36 feet long, 22 feet high and is the last curtain to compose the facility's fifth concrete elevation. Rebar curtains are used to reinforce the strength of the concrete.

When complete, the …

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