Vit Plant Emissions Stack Installed

. . .On Friday, July 11, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of River Protection (ORP) contractor Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) raised a 70-foot tall emissions-cutting stack onto what will be the world’s largest vitrification plant? BNI, under contract with ORP, is responsible for designing, building and commissioning the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) on the Hanford Site. Once complete, the WTP will be the largest and most complex vitrification facility in the world. The newly-installed stack will ensure all facility emissions will be regulatory compliant and protective of public health and the environment. Workers placed the stack onto the Analytical Laboratory (Lab), where the initial tank waste samples will be analyzed to determine the correct chemical and glass-forming “recipe” needed to glassify the waste. A proper glass recipe is needed to guarantee a consistent, durable and stable product that can be stored for thousands of years. When in operation, 10,000 samples will be taken annually to ensure high product quality and efficient process controls.