Check Out the Latest News from the Hanford Site

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Dec What's Happening

Upgrading Hanford's power grid, teaming up for worker safety, and nearing completion of a dry-storage area for radioactive capsules were some of the highlights from June. Below is a snapshot of what happened across the Hanford Site last month.  
Crews updated Hanford’s massive electrical system, replacing miles of electrical lines,

Electrical Upgrades Extend Life of Hanford Power Grid

A top Hanford priority got a major boost thanks to upgrades to the site’s massive electrical system. Read more. 
Crews recently competed startup testing on one of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant’s vital safeguards.

Hanford Team Completes Test for Power Supply Critical to WTP Facility

The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant team recently finished startup testing for the Low-Activity Waste Facility's uninterruptable electrical power system, one of the plant's vital safeguards in the unlikely event of a temporary power loss. Read more.
Construction is nearly complete on an outdoor dry storage area, bottom left, built to hold casks containing nearly 2,000 radioactive capsules.

Dry-Storage Area for Radioactive Capsules Nearly Complete at Hanford

Construction is almost complete on a dry-storage area for 1,936 radioactive cesium and strontium capsules currently housed in an underwater basin at the nearby Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility at the Hanford Site. Read more.
Workers remove a pump from Double-Shell Tank AW-102, allowing for the installation of a new pump to feed waste to the Hanford Site's 242-A Evaporator.

Hanford Pump Replacement Aids Efficient Tank Waste Management

Office of River Protection tank operations contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) recently took a significant step in ensuring continued safe storage of radioactive and chemical waste with the removal of a waste transfer pump from a double-shell tank. Read more.
Workers with Hanford contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company practice new protocols for putting on and removing personal protective equipment

Hanford Contractor Collaboration Enhances Worker Safety

Radiation safety experts with Richland Operations Office contractors Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) and Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) recently teamed up to improve worker safety at the Hanford Site. Read more.
Two common measures of radiation are radioactivity and effective dose. Measuring radioactivity takes the right instrument and a trained operator.

Hanford Launches Outreach Campaign to Deliver Radiation-Safety Education

Providing information on the basics of radiation, and the controls and efforts to reduce radiation risks at the Hanford Site, is the goal of the Hanford Health and Safety Education Campaign. Read more. 

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

 

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