RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site workers added a critical component to a training facility this month to eventually help remove radioactive soil beneath a former chemical laboratory.
Crews with EM Richland Operations Office contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company mounted the remotely operated excavator in a mockup of part of the 324 Building. This equipment will hammer, cut, and dig out the floor to access and remove the contaminated soil beneath the 324 Building.
Employees will train on the excavator in the mockup before installing and using similar equipment inside the highly contaminated 324 Building.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
