Holtec does several things to serve the local communities that differentiate us as a leading decommissioning contractor. From a local perspective, Holtec begins the decommissioning process much sooner helping to maintain jobs and creating additional jobs through the local union halls. From a technology perspective, Holtec has developed new innovative package designs for waste of all different classes (i.e. different levels of radioactivity) that have three to five times the volume capacity being used in the industry today. These super-capacity containers will drastically reduce the number of required shipments (by road, rail or water) to complete any site’s cleanup. Fewer shipments mean less traffic and less burden on the local infrastructure. Another respect in which our decommissioning program is uniquely environment-friendly is our approach to minimize the amount of waste by diligent, surgical separation of the waste categories. Holtec removes the radioactive layer to the extent practicable returning the uncontaminated material to commercial use. This environmentally conscious program of waste segregation will prevent millions of pounds of uncontaminated material from being commingled with contaminated materials.
