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Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract

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.

What’s New?

Next Environmental Management Cleanup Forum scheduled for April 18 in Los Alamos and virtually READ MORE >

N3B awards scholarships to three local students READ MORE >

N3B gave $500,000 to Northern New Mexico communities in 2023 READ MORE >

2023 Community Commitment Annual Report published READ MORE >

Last step completed in Middle DP Road Site cleanup READ MORE >

Final project update posted in the Middle DP Road Site blog READ MORE >

Robust sampling, monitoring drives legacy waste cleanup at LANL  READ MORE >

 

N3B News

Community Commitment funding supports local organizations

February 14, 2022 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) contributed $483,235 to Northern New Mexico community groups and...

Angled drilling of new monitoring well protects groundwater, ancient cultural sites

February 1, 2022 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — N3B environmental professionals recently completed a complex project to protect Northern New Mexico’s critical water resources...

N3B continues groundwater sampling along Rio Grande amid drought

November 23, 2021 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Despite unseasonably low water levels this year, N3B Los Alamos has been able to navigate shallow...