Ship Waste Off-Site
N3B retrieves, processes and ships off-site for disposal transuranic, low-level radiological and hazardous waste generated by LANL during the Manhattan Project and Cold War. Moving waste off-site reduces impact to human and environmental health from radiological and hazardous materials.
Transuranic Waste
Store, remediate and ship LANL’s legacy transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Other Waste Streams
Store, remediate and ship other LANL waste off-site for processing.
Latest News
N3B Los Alamos awards scholarships to local students with eye for legacy environmental cleanup
June 29, 2022 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Three University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) students each recently received $1,300 in N3B scholarships to...
Hydraulic shearing key to N3B’s waste retrieval at Los Alamos
June 14, 2022 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – N3B Los Alamos recently installed a hydraulic shear system for remediating transuranic (TRU) waste contained in large, corrugated...
Streamlined sampling process supports N3B’s environmental cleanup at LANL
April 21, 2022 -
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