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Project Overview
As the result of years of successful experience designing and fabricating process systems for the U.S. Army chemical demilitarization programs at our Pasco, Washington, fabrication shop, in 2004 Parsons was awarded a contract to privatize Hanford's existing fabrication shop. Parsons transferred the employees and specialized equipment from the existing Hanford shop to a location near our Pasco Fabrication Facility (PFF). The new Parsons Hanford Fabricators, Inc. (PHFI) shop enhances Parsons' abilities in structural welding, machining, pipe welding, plasma cutting, and electrical fabrication. Examples of ongoing efforts include fabricating equipment, tools, and support items for a radioactive waste stabilization project at DOE Hanford K basins, as well as fabrication of small-bore rigid jumpers for the Hanford waste treatment plant, a facility that vitrifies high-level radioactive waste into glass logs.
With the addition of the transferred Hanford shop, Parsons now has one of the largest full-service fabrication shops in the Pacific Northwest. Parsons' Pasco location provides fabrication and design-build services to the U.S. Army, the Hanford Site, the Savannah River Site (SRS), pharmaceutical companies, and other customers.. PHFI is operated under the Hanford Atomic Metals Trade Council (HAMTC) project labor agreement, and the privatization initiative ensures that sustainable, family-wage jobs will be provided for skilled workers in the Hanford community long after the site has been cleaned up and shut down.
Parsons successfully transitioned the shop from Hanford to our Pasco location with no interruption of ongoing support to Hanford. Our first equipment deliveries were completed on time as recognized by our Fluor Hanford and CH2M Hill Hanford Group customers. Safety is of paramount importance to Parsons, as demonstrated by our record of no lost-time incidents.
Parsons is a leader in developing and deploying new technologies to meet our customers' needs, and our Pasco facilities have been instrumental in our success. For example, the new aqueous technologies for treating chemical (nerve and blister) agents were developed, tested, and deployed out of our Pasco shop. The selected technology for cesium removal from SRS high-level salt wastes—Caustic Side Solvent Extraction (CSSX) —was designed and built at a pilot scale in Pasco. With a highly skilled technical staff and advanced equipment, our Pasco facilities can support the most demanding customer requirements in the areas of homeland defense, high-level waste treatment, environmental cleanup, advanced manufacturing, nuclear operations, and chemical weapons neutralization processes.
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Client
US Department of Energy
Hanford M&O Contractors
Location
Pasco, Washington
Duration
2004–ongoing
Services
Fabrication services
Design, build, installation, and startup
Quality assurance
(NQA-1 and ISO 9001)
Nuclear facility design-build
High-level waste retrieval, management, and treatment systems
System integration
Nuclear and radiological safety
Commissioning
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