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
Other Waste Streams
Store, remediate and ship other LANL waste off-site for processing.
Latest News
N3B Los Alamos achieves key milestones in campaign to determine closure for historically contaminated sites
July 12, 2022 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — N3B Los Alamos recently met key milestones in a cleanup campaign to reevaluate whether certain sites...
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...