Hanford Vitrification Plant continues to meet milestones at Pretreatment Facility
Fri, August 28, 2009Contact: Suzanne Heaston, Bechtel National, Inc., Waste Treatment Plant Communications
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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, Department of Energy (DOE) WTP Engineering Division director, said.
Work has already commenced on the floor of the 77-foot elevation. Crews began installing the rebar, which reinforces the concrete floor, last week. When complete, the PT Facility, the largest of the four major nuclear facilities that compose WTP, will comprise five total steel elevations and reach an overall height of 120 feet. Its footprint is nearly the size of four football fields.
“This installation provides a good working platform for the construction workers to safely and efficiently continue with completion of the facility to the upper elevations,” Leon Lamm, area project manager for the PT Facility, said.