LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - DOE’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) has announced that Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B) has successfully completed transition for the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract (LLCC).
N3B will perform legacy cleanup, inclusive of environmental restoration and waste management, at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Transition to the LLCC from the Los Alamos Legacy Bridge Contract, executed by Los Alamos National Security (LANS), completed on April 29.
“This was a unique transition within the entire DOE complex - not just in the history of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Close collaboration between N3B, LANS, EM-LA, and our federal partners at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office ensured it completed safely," EM-LA Manager Doug Hintze said. “Every organization and individual involved in the transition was fully committed to its success."
The members of N3B are Stoller Newport News Nuclear, Inc. and BWXT Technical Services Group, Inc. They are joined in the LLCC with two critical subcontractors, Tech 2 Solutions and Longenecker & Associates.
“EM-LA and N3B have established a strong working partnership since the award of the contract, and we appreciate their dedication and support to help us succeed on this project," N3B Program Manager Nick Lombardo said. “We have also been working closely with LANS to accomplish this historic and challenging transition, and we appreciate the cooperation, efforts, and good work of everyone who has had a part in this conversion. With the workforce we’ve assembled, the N3B team companies, and the DOE knowledge base we bring, we are ready and eager to get underway with this important mission."
Legacy cleanup services that N3B provides under the LLCC include:
* Protect, characterize, and monitor legacy contamination in surface water and groundwater;
* Clean up contaminated media and contaminated legacy waste sites at LANL to levels appropriate for the intended land use;
* Decontaminate, decommission and demolish inactive, contaminated, and non-contaminated facilities that impede the execution of environmental restoration activities;
* Retrieve, characterize, prepare, and ship off-site legacy mixed-low level radioactive waste and transuranic waste; and,
* Clean up sites and return to the landlord organization (NNSA) for long-term surveillance and monitoring as needed, in order to continue to protect workers, the public, and the environment.
LANS, LANL’s management and operations contractor, is a consortium of firms that includes Bechtel, AECOM, BWXT Technologies, and the University of California.
“Our collective team approach was successful in overcoming countless challenges on short notice," LANL Deputy Director Rick Kacich said. “The successful transition of legacy cleanup activities to N3B is a testament to the skill and commitment of our workforce, our partners at both the EM and NNSA field offices, and the new team at N3B."
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
