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.

Latest News

N3B and UNM-Los Alamos team up for Radiological Control Technician Boot Camp

August 27, 2019 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M.—Nuclear News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) and the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) have partnered to...

N3B completes first year of legacy waste cleanup at LANL

May 1, 2019 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M.—This week, Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) celebrates its first anniversary as a new company cleaning...

Workers complete PCB cleanup completed at Los Alamos Canyon site

March 27, 2019 - LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – N3B has have finished cleaning up PCB-contaminated soil near the former Omega research reactor site at Los...

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