Design, Creation and Implementation of Technology for Sustainable Nuclear Remediation Projects

Billions of dollars are spent worldwide every year on nuclear remediation projects. Most of this work is done now as it was done decades ago and is very labor and resource intensive. AMEC has developed technology that has been deployed on projects across the United States and in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom that makes such projects shorter in duration and more sustainable through reductions in waste volume requiring permanent disposal and through minimization of resources to complete such projects. Benefits to local communities and taxpayers have included return of land to beneficial public use quicker and at lower cost than traditional methods; reduction of impacts from large workforces and heavy equipment; reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from shorter duration projects using less fossil fuels; and reduction in the volumes of materials that are otherwise needlessly diverted to landfills for disposal as radioactive waste. Information is presented on development of sustainable approaches and solutions to such projects, as well as a case study of where it has been successfully used.