Washington River Protection Solutions

Name

Washington River Protection Solutions

Website

https://wrpstoc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Washington River Protection Solutions is a privately held, for-profit company headquartered in Richland, Washington, founded in 2008, that manages challenging radioactive waste cleanup projects in the United States with a workforce of 1,001-5,000 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nuclear Waste Remediation

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Remediation Services (562910)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Radioactive & Mixed Waste Management (Low-Level, NORM/TENORM, Mixed) (EUAIAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nuclear Waste Management & Geological Disposal (EUACADAM), Waste conditioning, packaging & container systems (drums, casks, overpacks, canisters) (EUAKAGAC), Interim storage facilities & operations (LLW/ILW/HLW storage, vaults, dry storage for waste forms) (EUAKAGAD), Regulatory compliance, licensing & stakeholder engagement for disposal (permits, public consultation, communications) (EUAKAGAK), Performance assessment, safety case & long-term monitoring (modeling, PA/SR, instrumentation) (EUAKAGAJ)

Keywords

• Radioactive waste management
• Nuclear waste remediation
• Tank waste operations
• Environmental cleanup services
• Hazardous waste treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Richland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Core offering

Washington River Protection Solutions manages challenging radioactive waste cleanup projects in the United States. Operating from Richland, the company handles large-scale tank waste retrieval, treatment, and storage operations associated with legacy nuclear site remediation. It is a privately held for-profit organization founded in 2008 with 1,001–5,000 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Radioactive Waste Cleanup Operations

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Fluor Corporation: Large federal and nuclear services prime contractor with a meaningful DOE and Department of Defense environmental management portfolio. Shares the prime-contractor profile and competes for high-value federal environmental cleanup work.
• Amentum: WRPS's parent company and a major federal environmental management contractor providing nuclear, environmental, and infrastructure services to DOE and other federal agencies. Operates as both a parent platform and a broader environmental services incumbent with overlapping federal mission work.
• BWXT Technical Services Group: Operates DOE nuclear and environmental management sites and provides specialized nuclear facility management, deactivation, and remediation services. Directly comparable as a DOE-EM prime contractor with nuclear-licensed facility operations.
• Jacobs Solutions: Major federal environmental remediation and nuclear services contractor with significant DOE portfolio work, including legacy Hanford contracts and other DOE Office of Environmental Management sites. Competes for adjacent remediation, decontamination, and decommissioning scopes.

Emerging players

• Perma-Fix Environmental Services: Provides radioactive and mixed waste treatment, processing, and disposal services, including commercial and federal segments. Comparable as a radioactive waste management services provider, though smaller in scale and more commercially focused.
• Veolia Nuclear Solutions: Provides nuclear decontamination, decommissioning, and radioactive waste management services globally, with a U.S. federal and commercial footprint. Comparable technical offering in radioactive waste treatment and processing.
• Studsvik: Provides nuclear waste treatment, decommissioning, and consulting services, including work for U.S. utilities and federal customers. Comparable as a niche radioactive waste services specialist with international nuclear pedigree.

Direct peers

• Bechtel National: Operates the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), the vitrification facility that will treat the tank waste WRPS retrieves. Functions as a complementary on-site counterpart in the same Hanford mission with a directly adjacent scope.
• EnergySolutions: Provides nuclear waste processing, transportation, and disposal services to commercial and government clients, including DOE. Directly comparable radioactive and mixed waste services scope and customer base.

Others

• Battelle Memorial Institute: Operates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the Hanford site and performs DOE national security, energy, and environmental R&D. Functions as an on-site technical and scientific partner rather than a direct operational competitor, but deeply enmeshed in the Hanford ecosystem.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wrpstoc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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