N3B manages the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy.
N3B manages the 10-year, $2.1 billion Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management 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 off-site 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 off-site for permanent disposal
News & Highlights
Mexican spotted owl protected during Los Alamos cleanup
April 5, 2021 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — To protect a treasured ecological species of Northern New Mexico, Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos...
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...
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...