Key Projects

DOE TRU Waste Processing Center M&O

As prime contractor at the TRU Waste Processing Center (TWPC) in Lenoir City, TN, WAI is responsible for all aspects of management, operations, and programmatic oversight of the TWPC facility and its mission to safely process and disposition all transuranic (TRU) waste generated by the Oak Ridge Reservation. WAI safely manages, processes, and transports for disposal all remote handled (RH) and contact-handled (CH) transuranic (TRU) waste debris, soils, RH sludge, and supernate waste. Additionally, WAI processes, treats onsite, and dispositions low-level radioactive waste (LLW), mixed low-level radioactive waste (MLLW), and hazardous or industrial waste resulting from CH and RH-TRU waste processing. All wastes are processed and packaged for compliant disposal at offsite radioactive waste repositories or disposal facilities – Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) for TRU wastes, and the Nevada Test Site (NTS) or other DOE site for LLW and MLLW.

WAI is described by the Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge Office (ORO) as a high-performing contractor and has continued its tradition of excellence in disciplined project management and facility operations. A recent comprehensive (Phase I and II) verification audit of WAI-TWPC’s Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) found that WAI’s program met all applicable objectives. The project has achieved ISO 14001 recertification of its Environmental Management Program and a recent DOE ORO comprehensive audit of its Earned Value Management System resulted in no findings or observations. WAI currently operates the TWPC program under the Voluntary Protection Program’s (VPP) Star Site Status, and in December 2010, was awarded the VPP Star of Excellence Award.

Houston METRO EROC

WAI is the Environmental Remediation Oversight Contractor (EROC) for the Houston Metro Transit Authority, and the $3B Houston METRO Light Rail Expansion Project in downtown Houston, TX. WAI provides all remediation oversight and waste management services for the expansion of the existing light rail transit system into four new corridors totaling an additional 20 LRT miles, which includes the construction of 32 stations, storage and inspection facilities, and renovation of an operations center. WAI’s full range of environmental services includes: regulatory compliance, oversight, and negotiation with Federal and State regulators; environmental permitting and licensing; turnkey environmental site characterization services and environmental media sampling; environmental data management, assessment, and validation; development of remedial strategy, design, and remedial technology deployment for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater; turnkey waste management services; contractor management and oversight, and contractor performance assurance; ESH&Q oversight; program and project management.

DOE Portsmouth GDP Facility Support Services

As managing partner of Wastren-EnergX Mission Support, LLC (WEMS), WAI performs facility support services for the 3,778-acre Department of Energy Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) in Piketon, OH. The Portsmouth GDP was built in the early 1950’s as part of the Nation’s nuclear weapons complex, and enriched uranium from 1954 until 2001. WAI provides the following facility management and operations services: site security; comprehensive training services; computer, IT, cybersecurity, and telecommunications services; records management; fleet management; preventive and corrective maintenance; roads and grounds maintenance; snow removal; and janitorial services.

DOE Portsmouth GDP Decontamination and Decommissioning

WAI is a major subcontractor to Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the prime contractor to the DOE for the $2B decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) in Piketon, OH. WAI is currently providing significant transition management support to Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, while also providing significant interface and integration with the WAI-led Portsmouth GDP facility support services contractor, WEMS, LLC. Upon completion of contract transition in March 2011, WAI will provide waste management services in support of the D&D of three massive uranium enrichment process facilities with a footprint of over 30 acres, along with remediation of associated contaminated soils and groundwater.

DOE DUF6 Conversion Plants Management & Operations

WAI is a major subcontractor to Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services, LLC, the prime contractor to the DOE for the $425M management and operation of the depleted uranium hexafluoride facilities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, OH and the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, KY. WAI is currently providing transition management support to B&W Conversion Services, LLC. Upon completion of contract transition in April 2011, WAI will provide facility waste management services in support of the conversion of 700,000 metric tons of DUF6 into uranium oxide; a more stable chemical for reuse or disposal at a DOE-approved disposal facility. WAI will also support the final disposal of nearly 62,000 cylinders that are currently being used to store the depleted uranium compounds.