Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP)

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The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP) is a large-scale nuclear waste processing facility at the Hanford Site in Washington State, designed to treat and vitrify high-level radioactive waste stored in underground tanks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Department of Energy facility ⓘ
industrial facility ⓘ
nuclear waste treatment facility ⓘ
vitrification plant ⓘ
associatedWith Hanford underground waste tanks ⓘ
U.S. nuclear weapons production legacy ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedBy Bechtel National, Inc. ⓘ
designedCapacity large-scale radioactive waste throughput ⓘ
designedToProcess legacy defense-related nuclear waste ⓘ
environmentalObjective comply with federal and state cleanup agreements ⓘ
reduce risk of tank leaks to the Columbia River ⓘ
goal stabilize radioactive waste for long-term disposal ⓘ
handlesWasteType high-level waste ⓘ
low-activity waste ⓘ
tank waste ⓘ
hasAlias Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant ⓘ
Hanford WTP ⓘ
Hanford Waste Treatment Plant ⓘ
locatedIn Hanford Site ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington State ⓘ
linked to: Washington
mainContractor Bechtel National, Inc. ⓘ
managedBy DOE Office of River Protection ⓘ
nearCity Richland, Washington ⓘ
outputForm vitrified glass logs ⓘ
ownedBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
partOf Hanford Site cleanup program ⓘ
U.S. nuclear weapons complex cleanup ⓘ
primaryFunction immobilize radioactive waste in glass ⓘ
treat high-level radioactive waste ⓘ
processType vitrification ⓘ
projectType mega-project ⓘ
regulator Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ
Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ
safetyConcern criticality safety ⓘ
erosion and corrosion in process vessels ⓘ
hydrogen gas generation and control ⓘ
seismic design adequacy ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
subjectOf technical, regulatory, and schedule reviews ⓘ
technologyUsed glass vitrification ⓘ
high-level waste melters ⓘ
low-activity waste melters ⓘ
waste pretreatment ⓘ
treats high-level radioactive waste ⓘ
low-activity radioactive waste ⓘ
treatsWasteFrom underground storage tanks at Hanford Site ⓘ

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U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection → oversees → Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP) ⓘ
Bechtel Corporation → notableProject → Hanford Waste Treatment Plant ⓘ
linked to: Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP)
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant → hasAlias → Hanford WTP ⓘ
linked to: Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP)
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant → hasAlias → Hanford Waste Treatment Plant ⓘ
linked to: Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP)
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant → hasAlias → Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant ⓘ
linked to: Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP)