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Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant Night Shift Key to Success

There are just under 250 employees who work the night shift.

Source: Energy.gov

Hanford, University Team Up to Test Filters for Waste Treatment Operations

This testing is an important part of our progress toward starting tank waste treating operations.

Source: Energy.gov

Chernobyl New Safe Confinement Named One of the Most Influential Projects of the Last 50 Years

The international, 22-year effort to cover and seal off the damaged Chernobyl nuclear plant has been recognized as one of the 50 most influential projects of the past 50 years by the Project Management Institute, the global body for project management standards, certifications, and education.

Source: PR Newswire

Power is Coming to Hanford WTP’s Effluent Management Facility

The work involved installing nearly 5,800 feet of assorted electrical cables and 11,900 feet of fiber optic cable to the EMF powerhouse.

Vit plant graveyard shift works to get it done after dark

The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant job site changes and more progress is made, moving the project forward on its path to treating tank waste.

Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Officials celebrate vit plant milestone with control room opening

A major milestone has been reached at the massive radioactive waste treatment plant under construction at the Hanford nuclear reservation.

Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Federal Megaproject: Worst U.S. Nuclear Waste Dump Inches Closer to Cleanup

A core piece of the cleanup program nears a milestone: startup of the first phase of a new production complex to transform a chunk of Hanford’s 56 million gallons of long-stored radioactive waste into inert glass for safe disposal and future decay.

Source: ENR

IMAX Documentaries Score Big with Regional Audiences and Global Brand Partners

Advances in visual content distribution make premium content available to publishers and brand sponsors at a lower price than in the past.

Source: DMN

NASA Needs a Second Mobile Launcher for Its Massive SLS Megarocket

In a turn from the agency's original plan, NASA has awarded a contract for a second mobile launcher to be built at Kennedy Space Center.

A Plant Grows Near the 'Burgh

Progress continues on the reported multi-billion-dollar Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC ethylene cracker plant in Beaver County, Pa., 30 mi. northwest of Pittsburgh.

Source: Construction Equipment Guide