For nearly four decades, Amentum and its heritage companies made history at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico. In 1979, Congress authorized the construction of WIPP as a research and development facility to demonstrate the safe disposal of defense-generated transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste from activities not
Company Overview The Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) is an Amentum-led prime contractor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. The company is responsible for the environmental cleanup of select portions of the site, regarded as one of the most complex and challenging projects in the world. Hanford spans
Advancing Cleanup of the Hanford Site Located along the Columbia River in the southeastern part of the Washington State, the 586-square-mile Hanford Site was created in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project producing plutonium for nuclear weapons during World War II and the Cold War. Today, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy,
In August 2020, Nuclear Waste Services, formerly known as UK Radioactive Waste Management, awarded a 2+1+1 year contract valued at £4.8 million to Amentum to support the Technical Requirements Programme to develop the UK’s Geological Disposal Facility (GDF). This contract enables Amentum to support Nuclear Waste Services with the next level of planning, design, and
Amentum is the Delivery Partner on the Enriched Uranium Components Programme at the Aldermaston site. Amentum is the programme integration partner, managing and delivering the scope of multiple independent yet interconnected projects. This includes: Completion of the Material Handling Store. Repacking of Enriched Uranium in readiness for shipment. Shipment of the material to a new
Advancing the Mission of the Most Efficient Aerospace System in the World, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Over Two Decades For over 20 years, the FAA has turned to Amentum to implement Environmental Task Orders at their world class research environment, the William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center. In order to support long-term sustainment
UCOR: Cleaning Up the Former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant and other sites on DOE Oak Ridge Reservation. UCOR, an Amentum-led project, is responsible for cleaning up the former Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant and other sites on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation. This year, UCOR will achieve a historic milestone—the first-ever complete cleanup of
Supporting Our Nation’s Weapons Defense System with Advanced Conduct of Operations and Best-in-Class Operational Readiness at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Amentum successfully led and staffed readiness assessments (Management Self-Assessments (MSA), Contractor Readiness Assessments (CRA), Independent Verification Reviews (IVR), and Federal Readiness Assessments (FRA)) for the Plutonium Processing Facility (PF-4) located in Technical Area 55
