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INFRASTRUCTURE
MINING & METALS
NUCLEAR, SECURITY & ENVIRONMENTAL
OIL, GAS & CHEMICALS
Bechtel Nuclear
 We have designed
and/or built more
than half of the
nuclear power plants
in the United States
 Since the earliest
commercial nuclear
reactors a halfcentury ago, Bechtel
has played a pivotal
role in every phase
of the industry’s
development.
 Bechtel has
completed more
than 74,000
megawatts of new
nuclear generation
capacity.
Nuclear Industry’s Most Experienced Contractor
Bechtel is a leading integrating contractor for large, complex projects focused on nuclear
power, nuclear security, and nuclear waste. Since construction of the Experimental
Breeder Reactor in 1949, Bechtel has played a significant role in nuclear science and
technology.
We have designed and built a wide variety of nuclear facilities and tackled some of the
world’s most challenging nuclear waste problems. Following the nation’s worst nuclear
accident, we decontaminated the site at Three Mile Island, and today, we are managing
the shelter stabilization and New Safe Confinement over the damaged nuclear reactor at
Chornobyl. We are also designing, constructing, and commissioning the world’s largest
and most technically sophisticated radioactive waste treatment plant at the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site in Washington state.
Bechtel has performed engineering and/or construction services for 88 of the 104 operating U.S.
nuclear power plants; was the architect, engineer, and/or constructor on 15 international units in
five countries; and has been responsible at numerous DOE facilities for large-scale handling,
treatment, and storage of high-level, low-level, and mixed radioactive wastes. We have designed
facilities for processing plutonium, uranium, and tritium and converting plutonium to oxide and
feed for mixed-oxide fuel fabrication plants. Our nuclear expertise includes:

Nuclear safety and criticality, safeguards and security, and material control and
accountability systems
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Reliability, maintainability, and operability tradeoff analyses
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Remote handling and transportation of nuclear material
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Gloveboxes and hardened nuclear storage vaults
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Radiation protection, including ALARA design features, such as radiation zoning and
access controls

Deterrent and intrusion detection systems
Bechtel has engineered and built both large- and small capacity nuclear generation projects worldwide, including plants
collectively generating more than 74,000 MW of nuclear power. Landmark nuclear plants we designed and built include the
United States’ largest and one of the last commissioned in the U.S. Today, Bechtel is the only contractor preparing
construction license applications for all new technologies being considered for new nuclear plants in the United States.
Wide-Ranging Capabilities
Bechtel teams have worked with DOE and its predecessor organizations, production
sites, national laboratories, and other government and commercial customers on a wide
variety of projects, including those highlighted below.
Hanford Site
We are leading a team designing, building, and
commissioning a massive waste treatment plant (pictured
above) for DOE at Hanford, site of the nation's first and most
extensive nuclear defense production program. The goal of
this first-of-a-kind project is to immobilize 53 million gallons of
radioactive and chemical waste stored in 177 underground
tanks.
In addition, we are part of the Hanford River Corridor Closure
team responsible for cleaning up waste sites near the
Columbia River, cleaning and demolishing contaminated
facilities, and placing the remaining plutonium production
reactors in safe interim storage.
National Laboratories
We are managing and operating the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico and the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in California, two DOE nuclear defense
laboratories and national security facilities. These laboratories
perform sensitive missions including ensuring the nuclear
weapons in the aging U.S. stockpile are safe and effective,
and are key to America’s scientific and national defense
efforts.
Savannah River Site
Beginning with design and construction of the Defense Waste Processing Facility, the world's
largest high-level vitrification plant, Bechtel has overseen hundreds of design, engineering, and
construction projects, including nuclear facilities at the DOE Savannah River Site. We are
currently part of the team responsible for closing the site’s liquid waste tanks.
Chornobyl Shelter Stabilization and New Safe Confinement
We are leading an international team to provide a radiologically and environmentally safe
confinement for the damaged reactor at Chornobyl. The New Safe Confinement structure, to be
one of the world’s largest moveable structures ever built, is intended to keep water out and dust
in for 100 years.
Unparalleled Expertise
Bechtel has more than 2,200 nuclear professionals, which
include approximately 150 internationally recognized technical
specialists who have been published widely, and have
participated in developing industry standards and guidelines.