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Vit Bits - April 2018

Latest news and information from the Hanford Vit Plant
April 2018

In The Know
   Message from the Project Director: In 2018, Hanford Vit Plant continues on path to startup

In The News
   Permanent power reaches Low-Activity Waste Facility
   Concrete walls complete for Vit Plant support building
   Vit Plant featured in international magazine

In The Community
   Bechtel donates $12,000 to Bite2Go program for needy kids
   Student thank Bechtel for science fair donation, volunteers
   Employees introduce girls to engineering

In The Details
   By the numbers: Low-Activity Waste Facility cable
   Did you know? Information exchange
   Are you on Linkedin?   
   Featured video: Startup testing at the Vit Plant

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In The Know

Message from the Project Director

In 2018, Hanford Vit Plant continues on path to startup

Project Director Brian ReillyI joined the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) as the new project director in time to lead some of the most exciting developments we will have achieved in recent years. 2018 marks a significant shift from engineering and construction to startup and commissioning of our facilities.

Recently, I shared a project update with the Tri-Cities community in the Tri-City Herald. You can read that article on the Vit Plant website at https://www.hanfordvitplant.com/newsroom/in-2018-hanford-vit-plant-continues-on-path-to-startup/.

I’m proud to have joined WTP at a time when we have demonstrated significant progress to the customer and community. We have a strong team in place to realize our plans and to meet our commitments with the highest levels of safety and quality.

Brian Reilly

In The News

Permanent power reaches Low-Activity Waste Facility

An employee checks electrical equipment in the Low-Activity Waste Facility switchgear building.

An employee checks electrical equipment in the Low-Activity Waste Facility switchgear building.

Startup activities at the Hanford Vit Plant received a boost when employees safely brought permanent power to the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility’s switchgear building.

Startup employees energized the main LAW switchgear and transformers in mid-March. Electrical power will be sent sequentially to the lower voltage motor control centers and panels throughout the LAW as startup testing of electrical systems occurs over the next several months.

“Providing permanent power to the facility is a significant accomplishment and marks a change in methodology at the LAW Facility,” said Roy Tyrie, project Startup director. “It’s symbolic of a change from construction to startup and kicks off a waterfall of startup work in the LAW, including testing the permanent plant equipment in the facility.”

Read more about this milestone accomplishment at http://bit.ly/2HXtV7L.

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Concrete walls complete for Vit Plant support building

Employees place concrete inside formwork and around reinforcing steel during structural concrete wall placements for an effluent management facility at the Hanford Vit Plant.

Employees place concrete inside formwork and around reinforcing steel during structural concrete wall placements for an effluent management facility at the Hanford Vit Plant.

Workers at the Hanford Vit Plant have completed the structural concrete foundation and wall placements for an effluent management facility. The building will support the Department of Energy’s plans to begin treating radioactive tank waste through its Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) vitrification approach.

Building concrete work began last year and has included more than 990 tons of reinforcing steel bar, 147 tons of embeds, and 7,465 cubic yards of high-strength concrete so far.

The effluent management facility works along with robust underground double-walled transfer pipes as part of the Balance of Facilities (BOF) support infrastructure to concentrate secondary effluents generated during treatment of the off-gas from the Low-Activity Waste Facility melter.

Read more about this important progress at https://www.hanfordvitplant.com/newsroom/concrete-walls-complete-for-vit-plant-support-building/.

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Vit Plant featured in international magazine

A 300-ton melter in the Low-Activity Waste Facility.

The 300-ton Low-Activity Waste Facility melters will heat waste and glass-forming materials to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit during the vitrification process.

The Hanford Vit Plant was featured on the front cover of Nuclear Engineering International magazine. The cover story explains how the focus is shifting to startup and commissioning at the first phase of the world’s most complex radioactive waste treatment plant.

Published continuously since 1956 with more than 60 years of being an independent nuclear technical journal, Nuclear Engineering International covers all aspects of civil nuclear power generation and its related supply chains globally.

Read the full article at http://www.neimagazine.com/features/featurehanfords-melters-6070128/.

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In The Community

Bechtel donates $12,000 to Bite2Go program for needy kids

Employees pose at the Second Harvest warehouse after helping sort food.
Bechtel National Inc. donated $12,000 as a sustaining partner for the 2017-18 academic year to Second Harvest’s Bite2Go program, which provides food supplies to children in need over the weekend during the school year. Bite2Go kits help ensure school-age kids have nourishment over the weekend and, as a result, are better prepared to learn during the week.

Read more about Bechtel's donation and the Bite2Go program at http://bit.ly/2Jisi3R.

Students thank Bechtel for science fair donation, volunteers

Bechtel received a thank you note for its assistance with the science fair.
Bechtel supported the Mid-Columbia Science Fair (MCSF) earlier this year and received a thoughtful gesture from some of the students who participated in the fair - great to see these youth engaged in STEM opportunities and learning. The MCSF is the oldest science fair in Washington state and is performed exclusively by volunteers.

Employees introduce girls to engineering

A Vit Plant employees explains a hands-on demonstration during the STEAM Girls Night Out.
Employees from the Women@Bechtel group at the Vit Plant helped sponsor the STEAM Girls Night Out event to introduce girls to engineering. The event included a showing of Bechtel's Dream Big film, plus hands-on activities and women engineer speakers. The event was co-sponsored by the Eastern Washington Society of Women Engineers and the National Society of Black Engineers.

In The Details

By the numbers: Low-Activity Waste Facility cable

The Low-Activity Waste Facility
The Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility includes more than 1.1 million linear feet of electrical raceway, cables, and wiring. That’s enough combined electrical infrastructure to span 840 laps around an Olympic-sized track or about 210 miles, which is roughly the driving distance from Richland to Seattle.

Did you know? Information exchange

Leaders from WRPS and WTCC tour the Vit Plant jobsite.
The Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC) and Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) are involved in an exchange program between the two companies to build greater understanding and collaboration.

WRPS operates the Hanford Tank farms and in that role is responsible for feeding tank waste to the Vit Plant for vitrification. WTCC is a subcontractor to Bechtel and is completing construction, startup, and commissioning of the Direct-Feed Low Activity Waste approach. 

Senior leaders from WRPS toured the Vit Plant jobsite in April, and WTCC leadership will tour the tank farms later this spring.

Are you on Linkedin?

Follow the Vit Plant on Linkedin
So are we! Follow the Hanford Vit Plant at our new page: www.linkedin.com/company/hanfordvitplant/.

Featured video: Startup testing at the Vit Plant

Learn more about the startup and testing phase of the project.
Critical startup testing is underway nearly every day in the Low-Activity Waste Facility, Analytical Laboratory, and utility systems needed to support future plant operations. Startup verifies systems are complete and in safe, working order.

Learn more about the startup and testing phase of the project in a video at https://youtu.be/HBpH7CvZa7Q.
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What is vitrification? Vitrification is accomplished by mixing waste from underground tanks with glass-forming materials in high-temperature melters.

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        • Vitrification 101
      • Facilities
        • Analytical Laboratory
        • Balance of Facilities
        • Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW)
        • High-Level Waste (HLW) Vitrification Facility
        • Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Vitrification Facility
      • Journey to Melter Heatup
      • Virtual Tour
      • Leadership
      • Our Employees
      • Vit Plant FAQ
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