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DOE Office of Environmental Management sent this bulletin at 10/07/2020 12:00 PM EDT

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Continuing to deliver safe progress during a pandemic, finishing testing of high-purity gas samples and receiving a Silver Certificate of Achievement for water treatment are some of the highlights from September. Below is a snapshot of what happened across the Hanford Site.

Eddie Fernandez, field superintendent, monitors the flow of a test batch of engineered grout.

Hanford Site Delivers Safe Progress During Pandemic

The Hanford Site is in the second phase of remobilizing the onsite workforce and more people are working safely onsite than are teleworking, and employees continue to deliver safe progress. Read more.

Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant crews recently filled tanks with gases outside the Analytical Laboratory.

Hanford Laboratory Gas Systems Ready for Treating Tank Waste

Chemists inside the Analytical Laboratory at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant have finished testing high-purity gas systems that will help technicians analyze incoming samples and determine the correct glass-forming recipe for treating low-activity waste. Read more.

Employees stand in for the Hanford Site’s 283 West Water Treatment Plant

Hanford Water Treatment Plant Receives Statewide Recognition

The Washington State Department of Health presented its distinguished Silver Certificate of Achievement to water treatment plant staff at the Hanford Site. Read more.

Photo of the A Tank Farm Exhauster Ventilation System Project, including approximately 700 feet of ducting.

New Ventilation System Increases Safety Margin for Tank Farm Workers

Workers at Washington River Protection Solutions have enhanced safety by installing a new exhauster ventilation system above waste tanks. Read more.

A nuclear chemical operator monitors the performance of the 200 West Pump and Treat Facility from the control room.

Hanford Treats More than 2 Billion Gallons of Groundwater for Six Years in a Row

Workers are celebrating another year of significant progress in protecting the Columbia River. Read more.

Comments and input on the What's Happening @HanfordSite newsletter can be sent to: Patrick Conrad, Mission Support Alliance, at Patrick_J_Conrad@rl.gov.

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