Vit Plant’s Pretreatment Facility expands interior installations

Richland, Wash. — The Pretreatment (PT) Facility at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Vit Plant) now reaches an impressive 77 feet in places and continues to rise steadily as concrete and steel are installed. Recently, the facility marked additional achievements when crews began installing a massive HVAC duct inside the facility’s hot cell. The duct is part …

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Vit Plant celebrates surpassing 50 percent complete

Richland, Wash. — This month, the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Project celebrated surpassing the 50-percent-complete mark.

“Over the years, nearly 10,000 people have touched this historic project,” WTP Project Director Ted Feigenbaum said. “Each of these people, whether a skilled craft, engineer or other professional, has contributed to the project meeting this milestone. It is …

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Hanford Vitrification Plant continues to meet milestones at Pretreatment Facility

Richland, Wash. — Crews working on the Pretreatment (PT) Facility recently reached a significant milestone when they finished installing the structural steel that raises the facility’s elevation from 28 feet to 56 feet.

“By completing this milestone, we are demonstrating the increasing momentum and mounting accomplishments for the PT Facility and the project as a whole,” Gary Brunson, …

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Energy Secretary Chu visits the Vit Plant

Richland, Wash. — With the ongoing construction of the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) in the background at the Hanford Site, Energy Secretary Steven Chu joined Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Cruden and other officials today to announce a …

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Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant installs key vitrification process equipment

Richland, Wash. — Last week, crews at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) installed two large mixing vessels, which are key to the vitrification process, in the Low-Activity Waste Vitrification (LAW) Facility.

Fabricated by Dynamic Air in St. Paul, Minn., each vessel is approximately 15 feet long, 11 feet wide and 8 feet tall and weighs …

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