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Heavy lifts move Hanford Vit Plant construction forward

December
20
,
2018
Some recent heavy lifts are helping the effluent management facility (EMF) continue to take shape at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, or Vit Plant. Workers used a heavy lift crane to safely install the evaporator unit and two …
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Four Vit Plant utility buildings move into startup and testing phase

December
18
,
2018
The Hanford Vit Plant recently turned over four more utility buildings that are part of the Balance of Facilities (BOF) for startup and testing. The Vit Plant continues to transition from construction to startup and commissioning, supporting the …
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Vit Plant raises more than $21,000 for Toys for Tots

December
13
,
2018
Hanford Vit Plant workers, together with Bechtel and AECOM, donated toys and more than $21,000 today to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots campaign. The Vit Plant, formally known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, has …
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Key strategy helps Vit Plant support building take shape

October
31
,
2018
Being in two places at once became a key strategy for Hanford Vit Plant employees in maintaining an aggressive construction schedule at the effluent management facility (EMF). Employees recently installed two 40-ton process cell pipe racks into …
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Analytical Laboratory fully energized at Vit Plant

October
17
,
2018
Full energization has been safely completed for the Analytical Laboratory at Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vit Plant, making it the first of the plant’s four major nuclear facilities to complete this important …
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Vit Plant support facility approved to finish construction

October
10
,
2018
The Washington State Department of Ecology has granted the permits needed for Hanford’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), or Vit Plant, to finish construction of an effluent management facility (EMF). EMF is the final WTP Balance of …
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