WESKEM was awarded a contract by Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC (BJC) to provide technical and waste management services associated with the closure of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Permitted Waste Storage Facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge Reservation. This Facility was used for storage of RCRA, PCB, low-level radioactive, and mixed waste generated from the DOE Oak Ridge operations. All of these waste types were security classified.

The closure activities provided by WESKEM staff included preliminary facility assessments, facility decontamination, verification sampling, and closure certification. All work was performed in accordance with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) approved Closure Plan. All waste from the facility was characterized, packaged and shipped to a RCRA permitted storage facility or to a treatment/disposal facility for final disposition.

WESKEM staff managed the quality control activities, pre-closure and post-closure inspection activities, waste characterization, profiling, packaging, and shipment for final disposition. Once the facility was emptied of all waste containers, WESKEM provided the final walk down and visual inspections, verification sampling and analysis, closure documentation, and supplied the inspection records.

The project was completed on schedule and under budget.