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Bechtel

A major engineering and construction contractor with long-standing roles across the weapons complex, including waste treatment plant construction and national laboratory management.

  • A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.
    High-Level & Tank Waste

    Parsons Workers Shifted to Keep SRS Salt Waste Facility Schedule Intact

    Twenty workers at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site will swap badges to Savannah River Remediation from Parsons to ensure liquid waste treatment at the Salt Waste Processing Facility begins around 2019, as scheduled. The AECOM-led Savannah River Remediation (SRR) “recently chose to hire 20 Radiological Protection Inspectors through Parsons, the SWPF [Salt Waste Processing […]

  • Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.
    Cleanup & Remediation

    WRPS Boss Opens Door After IG Report on Worker Fears

    After the Energy Department’s inspector general prodded the company for failing to communicate openly with its workforce, the president of Washington River Protection Solutions on Wednesday threw open his door to employees working on the waste tank farm at DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “If you have any concerns, I invite you to share them […]