Facility Decontamination & Decommissioning

Project Scope

As the Department of Energy (DOE) cleanup contractor, Fluor-BWXT is responsible for the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of 415 facilities and structures that supported uranium enrichment operations at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant for more than 70 years.

During D&D, Fluor-BWXT prepares contaminated facilities for demolition by deactivating utilities and removing stored waste, materials, process equipment such as converters and compressors, and piping. These activities will eliminate groundwater contamination sources, improve worker safety and reduce surveillance and maintenance costs.

PORTS D&D – A Path to Closure: An Opportunity for Community Reindustrialization

Decision in Place to Proceed

In the summer of 2015, the Record of Decision (ROD) was finalized by DOE and Ohio EPA to proceed with a comprehensive plan to demolish the process buildings and support structures at PORTS. Click Here to learn more.

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X-333 Asbestos Removal Project Wraps Up

An asbestos removal project has been completed in a dry air plant in the X-333 Process Building of the former gaseous diffusion plant at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Piketon. READ MORE

DOE'S GDP Gets Go-Ahead for Final Transfer of Facilities

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Oct. 1 that USEC has taken the final steps in de-leasing and returning facilities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon to the DOE in preparation for decontamination and decommissioning (D&D). READ MORE

Action Memorandum for the Plant Support Buildings and Structures at the Portsmouth Gaseous Plant, Piketon, Ohio; March 27, 2012
Director’s Final Findings and Orders (DFF&O)
DOE and Ohio EPA entered into the DFF&O agreement to establish the process by which the D&D Project will be executed.