![]() ![]() The first team of chemists have begun their work inside the Vit Plant’s Analytical Laboratory, which in 2021 was declared Ready to Operate. A multi-year startup, testing, and commissioning period is now underway. Major construction of the first phase of facilities is complete. Workers test the Low Activity Waste Vitrification Facility container handling system. The molten material will be poured into stainless steel canisters to cool and solidify in a glass, or vitrified, form. The waste will remain stable and impervious to the environment so that its radioactivity can safely dissipate over hundreds to thousands of years. When operational, the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant (WTP-also known as the vitrification, or "vit," plant) will blend the radioactive waste with glass-forming materials such as silica and heat the mixture to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit (1,149 Celsius). In 2000, DOE selected Bechtel to engineer, build, and commission a multi-facility complex in Washington to address the threat of the leaking tank waste. Addressing the threat of leaking tank waste The Defense Waste Processing Facility was the result, and continues to safely operate today. Department of Energy and industry to address a similar environmental problem at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. In the 1980s and 1990s, Bechtel collaborated with the U.S. EV batteries and charging infrastructureĪ small portion of the Hanford Site's inventory of underground tanks, prior to burial. ![]()
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