N3B loads transuranic waste into a container to ship to WIPP in Carlsbad. Photo courtesy EM-LA
N3B loads the transuranic waste containers onto a truck for shipment to WIPP in Carlsbad. Photo courtesy EM-LA
EM-LA NEWS RELEASE
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) legacy cleanup contractor, Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos, LLC (N3B), earned more than $15.8 million, or 95 percent, of the fee available during the performance evaluation period of fiscal year 2025, according to a recently released scorecard.
As part of EM-LA’s commitment to transparency in legacy cleanup programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) with stakeholders and the community, it releases information annually relating to contractor fee payments — earned by completing the work required per the terms of the contract.
N3B’s performance from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 was evaluated for quality assurance, safety and security, schedule, cost control, management, and regulatory compliance.
The contractor achieved these major accomplishments during the period: shipped 193.4 m3 of legacy transuranic waste (also known as TRU waste) – nearly three times the annual performance goal, exceeded the annual goal for low-level and mix-level waste disposition, completed drilling for the San Ildefonso Mortandad Regional 3 (SIMR-3) monitoring well ahead of schedule, implemented a variety of meaningful actions to realize cost efficiencies, and successfully pivoted to support the safe depressurization of four flanged tritium waste containers (an NNSA-led activity)
Areas for improvement include continued enhancement of Environmental Remediation program, strengthening strategic messaging and public communications, and boosting the timeliness and quality of contractual deliverables to EM-LA.
View the N3B scorecard Contracts | Department of Energy.