Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth

What Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth does

Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth is a privately held U.S. contractor that provides environmental remediation, decontamination, decommissioning, and waste management services. The company operates from Piketon, Ohio, where the U.S. Department of Energy's former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant — a Cold War-era uranium enrichment complex — is located. The name signals a joint venture between Fluor (one of the largest U.S. engineering and construction firms) and BWXT (a nuclear specialty contractor), combining the parents' federal-contracting credentials, security clearances, and nuclear-handling expertise into a vehicle dedicated to deactivating and remediating the Portsmouth site.

The company's revenue mechanics are those of a federal prime contractor: it is paid under a long-duration, cost-plus or fixed-rate DOE environmental management contract for deactivation, decontamination, decommissioning (D3), and radioactive/chemical waste management activities. The firm employs 1,001-5,000 personnel — a mix of craft labor, radiological technicians, engineers, project managers, and security-cleared support staff — sized to the scope of a major DOE site mission. The customer base is, in practical terms, a single principal: the U.S. Department of Energy, with the work performed at a single geographic site.

The business model carries the standard risk/return profile of a DOE site-wide prime contract: high revenue visibility and limited customer churn during the contract performance period, offset by policy/appropriations risk, narrow scope (a single site and a single customer), and the operating complexity of working with radiological, chemical, and fissile-material-contaminated infrastructure. The source material does not disclose pricing, revenue, contract value, parent-company equity splits, ownership commentary, or any M&A/leadership/strategic move beyond the joint venture formation.

Name

Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth

Website

https://fbportsmouth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth is a privately held joint venture that performs environmental remediation, decontamination, decommissioning, and waste management services for the U.S. Department of Energy at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio.

Ownership category

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Product category

Nuclear Environmental Remediation and Decommissioning Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Remediation Services (562910)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Decontamination & Dismantling (D&D) of Nuclear Facilities (EUAKAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radioactive Waste Processing, Packaging & On-site Interim Storage (Decommissioning Waste) (EUAKAFAE), Nuclear Plant Decommissioning & Site Restoration (EUACADAJ), Waste treatment & volume reduction (incineration, compaction, vitrification, cementation, thermal/chemical) (EUAKAGAB), Radioactive & Mixed Waste Management (Low-Level, NORM/TENORM, Mixed) (EUAIAFAK)

Keywords

• Environmental remediation services
• Decontamination and decommissioning
• Nuclear waste management
• Radioactive waste processing
• Uranium enrichment cleanup

Headquarters

HQ city

Piketon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth provides environmental remediation, decontamination, decommissioning, and waste management services at the U.S. Department of Energy's Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio. The company safely manages the cleanup of legacy uranium enrichment infrastructure and handles radioactive and hazardous materials under long-term federal contracts. Its work combines nuclear operations expertise with large-scale environmental cleanup program execution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Remediation Services End-to-end environmental cleanup of the former uranium enrichment complex, addressing chemical and radiological contamination of soil, groundwater, and structures. Targeted at the U.S. Department of Energy as the single federal client.
• Decontamination Services Removal of radioactive and hazardous contaminants from process buildings, equipment, and infrastructure at the Portsmouth site. Delivered under DOE contract for federal program use.
• Decommissioning Services Planning and execution of safe dismantlement and disposition of retired uranium-enrichment process buildings and systems at the DOE Portsmouth site.
• Waste Management Services Characterization, packaging, transport, and disposition of radioactive and hazardous waste streams generated by Portsmouth remediation and D&D activities, in compliance with DOE and federal regulations.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Bechtel National: Operates major DOE nuclear cleanup and D&D programs (e.g., Hanford, WTP) with capabilities in decontamination, decommissioning, and waste treatment that directly overlap FBP's scope.
• Holtec International: Provides spent fuel management, D&D services, and radioactive waste processing for nuclear utilities and DOE sites, with a comparable niche focus on radioactive material handling and decommissioning.
• EnergySolutions (AtkinsRéalis Nuclear): Direct peer providing nuclear D&D, waste management, and site remediation services across the DOE complex and commercial nuclear sector, competing for the same federal contract recompetes as Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth.
• Jacobs Solutions: Major DOE and commercial nuclear D&D contractor with multi-site federal cleanup programs; competes head-to-head with Fluor-Bwxt Portsmouth on RFPs for DOE site remediation and waste processing work.
• AECOM: Provides environmental remediation, nuclear D&D, and radioactive waste management services for DOE and DoD; competes directly for federal cleanup contracts of comparable scale to Portsmouth.

Broad incumbents

• Fluor Corporation: JV parent of FBP and a global EPC contractor with significant DOE and nuclear remediation portfolio; provides parent-level competition for major federal environmental management contracts.
• BWX Technologies (BWXT): JV parent of FBP and a broader nuclear services and components prime for DOE/NNSA; provides overlapping D&D and nuclear operations capability as a parent and on adjacent programs.
• Huntington Ingalls Industries / HII Nuclear: Provides nuclear environmental management, D&D, and waste handling services to DOE and DoD, overlapping with FBP's Portsmouth-style cleanup work.

Regional players

• Studsvik (Studsvik AB): Provides nuclear D&D and radioactive waste treatment services globally; comparable capability set but primarily serves European and Asian markets, complementing U.S. peers like FBP rather than directly competing domestically.

Emerging players

• Perma-Fix Environmental Services: Niche provider of radioactive and mixed waste treatment, processing, and disposal services; competes on waste processing scope at DOE sites similar to FBP's Portsmouth work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

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