RICHLAND — A $24 million groundwater treatment system has started operating at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
It uses 31 wells and 61 miles of piping to treat 35 million gallons a month.
The contractor, CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation, says it was able to start the plant near the H Reactor three months earlier than planned because of lessons learned on a similar plant near the D Reactor.
The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce reports both systems remove chromium contamination left over from plutonium production for nuclear weapons. The treated water is injected back into the aquifer.
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