Ship waste off site

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.

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N3B boot camp graduate aims to clean up Northern New Mexico’s environment

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