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 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...
N3B completes first campaign under 2016 Consent Order to clean up LANL legacy waste
December 16, 2020 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — A campaign to clean up several sites with elevated levels of soil contamination at Los Alamos...
LANL Individual Permit status meeting scheduled for December 16
December 14, 2020 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M.—The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and its cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear...