Hanford Vitrification Plant Project begins complicated cooling panel installations
Wed, July 28, 2010 Richland, Wash. — Earlier this month, crews at the Hanford Vitrification Plant began a series of complicated cooling panel installations in the Low-Activity Waste Vitrification (LAW) Facility. The panels are being installed in the area of the facility where the 2,100-degree-Fahrenheit waste-glass mixture, the final product of the vitrification process, will be poured into stainless steel containers for permanent …
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Massive shield door installed at the Vit Plant
Wed, April 28, 2010Richland, Wash. — Construction crews with Bechtel National, Inc. have successfully completed the precision installation of a massive 50-ton shield door at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) in southeastern Washington State. Bechtel is designing and building the WTP for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection.
The shield door is in a key area of the …
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Hanford Vit Plant begins key interior installation in Analytical Laboratory
Thu, March 4, 2010Richland, Wash. — This week, crews at the Hanford Vitrification Plant began installing key equipment essential for safely transporting analyzed waste within its Analytical Laboratory (Lab). The equipment is part of a waste-transfer system that, when the Vit Plant is operational, will move waste that has already been tested through the Lab.
“These components are critical to safely …
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Bechtel announces Frank Russo as new Vit Plant project director
Tue, January 19, 2010Richland, Wash. — Effective January 18, the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Project announces Frank Russo as the new project director. In this position, Russo is responsible for oversight of the $12.2 billion nuclear waste cleanup project in Richland, Wash.
Russo brings 37 years of experience in engineering, procurement, construction, startup, commissioning and business management to …
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Hanford Vit Plant finishes 2009 with major accomplishments
Tue, January 5, 2010Richland, Wash. — The Hanford Vitrification Plant finished 2009 with major accomplishments in three of its primary nuclear facilities—the High-Level Waste (HLW) Vitrification Facility, Pretreatment (PT) Facility and the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Vitrification Facility. These accomplishments included fabricating keyequipment, placing a 36-ton rebar curtain and completing a support building, respectively.
“The Vit Plant reached 50 percent complete this …
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