Nuclear & Facilities Case Studies
Our technology and commitment to safe and cutting-edge management of high-hazard facilities and nuclear processing has been demonstrated by our programs at facilities across the country.
Savannah River Site
Aiken, South Carolina
Our wide-ranging work at the Savannah River site includes the following highlights:
- The Savannah River Site has the distinction of being the safest DOE site in the complex as well as one of the safest major industrial sites in the world.
- We successfully closed and deactivated the F-Canyon Separations Facility which was used to stabilize nuclear material from the Cold War.
- We reconfigured and now operate tritium facilities to manage a portion of the nation’s stockpile of nuclear surveillance program.
- The Savannah River Site is the nation’s largest vitrification plant, solidifying 35 million gallons of high level waste into glass.
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
Near Denver, Colorado
At this high-hazard, plutonium facility we removed and stabilized plutonium residues as well as decontaminated of one of the most contaminated sites in the DOE complex. The site is now home to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and will provide a lasting legacy of habitat preservation.
In 2006, Rocky Flats received the Project Management Institute's prestigious "Project of the Year" award.
Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant
Richland, Washington
We were instrumental in stabilizing and removing residual plutonium. We also played a role in decommissioning the facility in preparation for final demolition. Currently, we are part of a team that is building vitrification facility designed to treat 54 million gallons of waste.
West Valley Demonstration Project
West Valley, New York
We designed, built, and operated the nation’s first full-scale vitrification facility at this former nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in West Valley, New York.
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Carlsbad, New Mexico
We are the only DOE contractor to have a deep geological nuclear waste repository licensed at this site 2000 feet below the surface in New Mexico's prehistoric salt beds. In addition to building the site, we have operated the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant since 1985.
Idaho Cleanup Project
INL Site, Idaho
We are part of the team disposing of radioactive waste, managing spent nuclear fuel, and disposing of nuclear materials as well as reactor and nonreactor nuclear facilities. The site covers an 890-square-mile area in eastern Idaho.
