August 18, 2016
The AreaRAE is one of the Direct-Reading Instruments (DRI) being tested at Hanford’s tank farms that provides real-time measurements and optional alarm signals when exposure exceeds preset limits. Read more about the technology here.
August 16, 2016
As one of the systems being evaluated as part of pilot-scale technology testing, the Tank Farm Monitoring and Control System (TFMCS) monitors vapor concentrations and weather readings in the farms, tracks potential data trends and will have alarm capabilities to alert workers when vapor thresholds […]
August 15, 2016
Learn about the Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS) and how it is used in RJ Lee Group’s unique mobile laboratory, which is being used to help detect the potential presence of chemical vapors at Hanford’s tank farms.
August 11, 2016
Answers to employee questions are now available on the FAQs button. This is an in-progress document providing answers to employee questions raised in 2015. Answers may be updated as new information is developed or when evaluations of the item are completed. Go to the page.
August 11, 2016
A mobile vapors laboratory undergoing evaluation at Hanford’s tank farms is helping detect and monitor chemical vapors. The Mobile Organic Monitoring Laboratory uses state-of-the-art air monitoring instrumentation to detect a wide range of chemicals. The lab: Provides real-time chemical vapors monitoring Locates and monitors vapor […]
August 10, 2016
Washington River Protection Solutions is field testing new technologies for potential application in the tank farms for detecting and monitoring vapors and their sources. Technologies being evaluated include infrared cameras that can detect chemical vapors in work areas, portable area sensors equipped with multiple chemical […]
August 4, 2016
Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) continues to look for additional protections to further enhance worker safety by testing air-purifying respirator cartridges connected directly to known vapor sources. This first-of-a-kind test allows WRPS to measure how much protection respirator cartridges can provide against tank vapors. This […]
August 4, 2016
On Aug. 2, Judge Thomas Rice in U.S. District Court in Spokane ruled on a preliminary injunction in a case regarding worker protection at the Hanford Site. The voluntary restraints proposed by Washington River Protection Solutions were accepted by the court, as written in the […]