Hanford Vit Plant Facilities

The Hanford Vit Plant is located in southeastern Washington state on the Hanford Site. It cover 65 acres and includes three major nuclear facilities:

• Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility
• Analytical Laboratory
• High-Level Waste (HLW) Facility

The Vit Plant also includes infrastructure facilities, collectively called the Balance of Facilities, and the Effluent Management Facility (EMF). The EMF was introduced as part of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste approach, which sends pretreated low-activity waste from Hanford’s Tank Farms, where the waste is stored, to the LAW Facility. The EMF will process liquid secondary waste, called effluent, generated by the LAW Facility.  

After years of commitment to the safety and quality of the Vit Plant, Bechtel National, Inc., its partners, and the Department of Energy are completing the final steps toward operations of DFLAW. Both engineering and construction work on the High-Level Waste Facility continue.