Bechtel recently reached a key milestone in its quest to turn hazardous Hanford waste into vitrified glass. The company, which oversees the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, known around the Tri-Cities as the vit plant, completed the first set of test glass pours into a stainless-steel storage container designed to hold vitrified radioactive and chemical waste.
A longtime Bechtel leader is taking over as project director of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, known as the vit plant, at the Hanford nuclear site.
Brian Hartman, a senior vice president, has been with Bechtel for 40 years.
The U.S. Department of Energy plans to extend two key contracts worth about $23 billion at the Hanford site. The U.S. DepThe Office of RiverProtection intends to extend the tank operations contract with Washington RiverProtection Solutions, and the Richland Operations Office intends to extend theplateau remediation contract with CH2M Hill...
There is a new presence at the Hanford site. Leidos merged with Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions business unit, making it the new lead parent company for Mission Support Alliance, the infrastructure and site-services provider at Hanford since 2009. Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader headquartered in...
A new flag is now flying over Hanford’s B Reactor. It’s the flag of the National Forest Service, signifying Hanford’s inclusion as one of the three sites creating the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park.[blockquote quote="This is where the nuclear age began. It’s important to preserve it for the future."...
