N3B manages the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy.
N3B manages the 10-year, $1.4 billion Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management’s Los Alamos Field Office. N3B is responsible for cleaning up contamination that resulted from LANL operations before 1999. N3B personnel also package and ship radioactive and hazardous waste offsite for permanent disposal.
Safety
Our employees and subcontractors work to the highest standards of safety.
Discipline
We set clear goals and execute our plans with the end in mind.
Competence
We have the staff and expertise to ensure our mission is met.
Our Top Priorities
In cleaning up legacy waste, or waste generated before 1999, we are working in two key areas: Environmental Remediation and Waste Management. Our goal is to clean up the environment and protect our natural resources.
Environmental Remediation
Groundwater and surface water monitoring, chromium and RDX plume monitoring, and waste site characterization and remediation
WasTe Management
Hazardous and radioactive waste characterization, management, packaging and transportation offsite for permanent disposal
News & Highlights
New N3B apprentices receive college education, jobs to assist in legacy waste cleanup - February 11, 2021
LOS ALAMOS, N.M.—A new cohort of students recently joined N3B’s Nuclear Operator Apprenticeship Program. And for Miquela Casados, from Ojo... Read More ›
N3B ships more than 200,000 gallons of ‘transition materials’ off-site at LANL - February 2, 2021
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) recently took on new work to ship hundreds of... Read More ›
N3B and Triad cooperate to ship radioactive waste to WIPP - January 19, 2021
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — N3B and Triad have successfully partnered to combine transuranic (TRU) waste shipment for additional efficiency. The... Read More ›
Address
N3B Los Alamos
1200 Trinity Drive
Suite 150
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Phone
(505) 257-7690
N3BOutreach@em-la.doe.gov
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