Waste Management & Decommissioning

BWXT-led team gets $45 billion environmental management contract for DOE’s Hanford Site

The scope of work includes operation of Hanford tank farm facilities, eventual operation of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and responsibility for other core functions.
BWXT-led team gets $45 billion environmental management contract for DOE’s Hanford Site
Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant | December 2009 Aerial View (Credit: DOE)

BWX Technologies announced a contract with an estimated value of up to $45 billion over a 10-year ordering period from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for environmental management operations at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington.

The DOE announced that the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract (ITDC) was awarded to Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C), which is a joint venture led by a BWXT subsidiary and includes subsidiaries of Amentum and Fluor.

The scope of the ITDC includes operation of Hanford tank farm facilities, eventual operation of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, and responsibility for other core functions such as project management, security and emergency services, business performance, and environment, safety, health, and quality.

Responsible for the federal government’s cleanup of the legacy of more than 40 years of producing plutonium through the 1980s, DOE is transforming the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington back into an operations mode to treat tank waste from the production era. More information is available from the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management.