May 11, 2005—AXCESS International Inc., a leading provider of Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems, has announced its wireless tagging system, FleetTag, is being used by Bechtel Hanford to track waste disposal at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 586-square-mile Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state.
The system is used by the Bechtel-led Environmental Restoration (ER) project team to accurately track low-level and hazardous waste from multiple cleanup sites, many located just yards from the Columbia River, to the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF) for permanent disposal.
The ER project team will manage and transport nearly one million tons of waste in 2005. An average of 200 truckloads, or about 4,000 tons of low-level and hazardous waste are disposed daily at ERDF, and drivers will log nearly one million miles transporting waste in 2005.
Each truckload of waste must be identified, weighed and tracked throughout the disposal process. By installing Active RFID tags on the trucks, identification is automatic and waste weight is accurately and efficiently logged into the integrated database that serves the entire project. Before installing the AXCESS system, truck drivers had to get out of the truck and manually key in the driver and truck identification number when entering the weight scales.
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