The Portsmouth Decontamination & Decommissioning (D&D) contract is being executed by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, LLC, a Fluor-led partnership. A team of contractors and a workforce of more than 1,900 are working to decontaminate and decommission more than 10 million square feet of contaminated facilities at the DOE plant.

The 3,778-acre Gaseous Diffusion Plant was built by the federal government in the early 1950s as part of the nation's nuclear weapons complex. The site enriched uranium until 2001.

Today, three main process buildings, each with a footprint of more than 30 acres, house thousands of pieces of uranium enrichment equipment and hazardous waste.

Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, a Fluor-led team with a proven legacy of experience completing similar work, won the D&D contract in August 2010 and began phased operations at the site in March 2011. Fluor leads the cleanup and is performing D&D on 315 facilities, including more than 133 buildings on the site.

Fluor has aligned with the client's goal of completing deactivation of the site as quickly as possible, freeing the land for reuse and to benefit the local economy.

The Fluor-led team working on the D&D contract at the Portsmouth site in Pike County, Ohio, brings a proven team of industry experts from some of the most experienced Department of Energy contractors in the industry. As the site is cleaned up and prepared for future reuse, Fluor remains focused on safely achieving the client's mission and assisting the community in breathing new economic life into the southern Ohio region.

The Portsmouth site's safety record is among the best in the DOE complex, with TRC and DART rates below DOE targets. Safety culture and safety performance continue to improve while executing demanding tasks, including removal of 7,000 X-326 gaseous diffusion plant components, leading the complex in waste shipping and developing infrastructure on 300 acres of property that includes the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility and support structures.