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Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Opens Doors to Commissioning Workforce

EM’s Office of River Protection has opened the doors to a key portion of the facility where low-activity nuclear waste from the Hanford Site’s underground tanks will be transformed into immobilized glass.

Source: Energy.gov

After 17 years of construction, part of Hanford vit plant is done

After 17 years of construction on the massive plant to treat radioactive waste for disposal, some of the workers are no longer sporting hard hats.

Source: Tri-City Herald

GM Looking for Investors to Pay for Fast-Charging Network Stations

GM and Bechtel seeking investors to fund electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Source: The Detroit Bureau

Steam Plant Startup Testing Begins at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant

A number of facilities and systems are going through the startup and commissioning phases to prepare for starting to treat low-activity tank waste by 2023.

Hanford Sets Key Vessels for Effluent Management Facility

Crews at EM’s Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant recently set two massive processing vessels, each standing 40 feet tall and weighing 160 tons.

Source: Energy.gov

Bechtel-Enka JV completes Kosovan motorway

US-based contractor Bechtel has completed the construction of a 65 km Route 6 motorway in Kosovo.

Source: Construction Europe

PM hosts business leaders to celebrate and strengthen economic ties during US State Visit

Leading companies will discuss UK-US business links with PM Theresa May and President Donald Trump.

Source: www.gov.uk

Vit plant ramps up for next phase

Round-the-clock staffing is in place at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant as Bechtel National Inc. prepares to process low-activity waste by 2023, but possibly as soon as 2022. There hasn’t been 24/7 staffing at Hanford in more than 20 years.

Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Bechtel-led confinement arch completed over Chernobyl Unit 4 site

Thirty-three years after the horrific 1986 accident that killed 28 people at the time and more later, the massive containment arch is now complete and in place over reactor unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear site in the Ukraine.

Source: Power Engineering

EGA's Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Starts up

Emirates Global Aluminium's (EGA) Al Taweelah alumina refinery has started-up, a major milestone for EGA and for UAE industry.

Source: Benzinga