Waste Treatment & Immobilization Plant
Operating Unit Group 10 (OUG-10)
[TSD ID#: H-0-8] Located east of Hanford's 200 East Area, WTP is under construction, and has a legal deadline to start operating in 2019. It will treat the 56 million gallons of waste in Hanford's 177 underground tanks to convert it to a stable glass form in a process called vitrification. It consists of four main facilities: pretreatment, low-activity waste vitrification, high-activity waste vitrification, and a laboratory to support this work.
Enforceable Permit:
Issued in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Hazardous Waste Management Act, Chapter 70.105 Revised Code of Washington (RCW), and the regulations promulgated there under in Chapter 173‑303 Washington Administrative Code (WAC).
Permit Number: WA7890008967
Chapters:
- 1: Part A Form
- Part A Attachment 1
- 2: Topographic Map
- 3: Waste Analysis Plan (WAP)
- 4.0: Process Information
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4C: Compliance with Uniform Building Code Seismic Design Requirements
- 4D: Pretreatment Facility (PTF)
- 4E: Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Vitrification Facility
- 4F: High-Level Waste (HLW) Vitrification Facility
- 4G: Direct-Feed Low Activity Waste (Effluent Management Facility)
- 4H: Analytical Laboratory (LAB)
- 4I: Balance of Facilities
- 5.0: RESERVED
- 6.0: Procedures to Prevent Hazards
- 6A: Inspection Plan
- 7.0: Contingency Plan
- 8.0: Personnel Training
- 9.0: RESERVED
- 10.0: RESERVED
- 11.0: Closure
- 11A: Sampling and Analysis Plan for Closure of WTP Facility