By John Heller, CEO Amentum Introduction For the U.S. to maintain its role as the leading industrial nation, every arm of the federal government has recognized the need to address climate change and the risks this poses to our national and economic security. As a nation, we don’t only need to alleviate and slow down …
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Author – John Eschenberg, Amentum Sr. Vice President and President, Central Plateau Cleanup Company, LLC The Amentum-led Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is well into its third year of operations at Hanford and is boldly making substantial strides in achieving our cleanup priorities at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The overarching …
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Author – Jim Blankenhorn Congratulations to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory team! Their major scientific accomplishment late last year in achieving scientific energy breakeven, or producing a fusion energy output higher than the laser energy absorbed by the fuel to initiate it, was groundbreaking. This major scientific accomplishment which demonstrates the fundamental science basis for …
For almost four decades, Amentum and its heritage companies have made history at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico. In 1979, Congress authorized WIPP as a research and development facility to demonstrate the safe disposal of transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste from defense activities not regulated by the …
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The Amentum-led project team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) accomplished a major milestone by increasing radioactive waste shipments late last year. Limiting operations due to a radiological incident in 2014, the transuranic nuclear waste repository at long last has moved into a new disposal area that makes emplacement safer, …
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Why Is It Important? Management of groundwater is a major concern as our population continues to grow. Groundwater provides drinking water for as much as 50% of the global population and accounts for 43% of all of water used for irrigation. Globally, 2.5 billion people depend solely on groundwater to satisfy their basic daily water …
John Heller, third from right, joined UCOR and other Amentum officials on a tour of UCOR work sites, including ORNL’s Building 3010, pictured. John Heller, CEO of Amentum, visited the Oak Ridge, TN nuclear reservation recently and toured sites at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Y-12 National Security Complex, and East Tennessee Technology Park. He …
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John Eschenberg, Amentum Senior Vice President and president of the Amentum-led Central Plateau Cleanup Company in Richland, Wash., recently participated in a discussion with representatives from Fukushima Hamadouri, Japan, who are looking to rebuild and revitalize their community following the destruction of a nuclear power plant caused by a 2011 earthquake-induced tsunami. The meeting, set …
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“Unprecedented.” “Historic.” “Greatest pro-climate legislation.” These are just a few lines used to describe the Clean Energy package that was part of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. As a complement to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) of 2021, I would add “technology game changer” to this list. The Clean Energy package presents a unique …
Earning premier partner status for the Federal Government’s complex environmental programs is quite an accomplishment, one we do not take lightly. This status is a result of our experienced people, our proven success, our role in generating and achieving effective solutions for our client’s mission, and our ability to safely deliver end-states. This is particularly …
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