Creating a sustainable economic future for the region.
Creating a sustainable economic future for the region.
Thank you for visiting our website and learning more about the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) progress at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio.
Southern Ohio Cleanup Company LLC is comprised of more than 2,000 workers dedicated to the safe environmental cleanup of the Portsmouth site to prepare the land for reindustrialization.
As you click through our website, you will see that a large part of our mission is our commitment to building a strong and sustainable economy in southern Ohio through regional purchasing and economic development grants; supporting the needs of area non-profit organizations; and, the advancement of the region’s next generation through STEM education and worker training.
On behalf of all of us at SOCCo, we hope you enjoy learning more about us and look forward to continually sharing our progress here at the site.
Sincerely,
Pat Timbes
SOCCo President and CEO
Headed by Amentum, Southern Ohio Cleanup Company (SOCCo) includes Fluor and Cavendish, and is supported by Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services, LLC (Veolia), four specialty small businesses, and three local candidate protégé companies.
Our combined end-state, closure, and gaseous diffusion plant decommissioning and demolition experience is unrivaled and includes successful operations on all DOE closure and reindustrialization sites, including 11 years at Portsmouth. Amentum leads cleanup on the East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Fluor has been lead cleanup contractor for the Portsmouth, Ohio, and Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion sites and the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center in Ohio. Cavendish has led fast reactor nuclear decommissioning at the Dounreay site in Scotland and Magnox reactor sites in the United Kingdom.
Nick Dickens is the Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) Supervisor at the OSWDF. The Flatwoods, Kentucky native, started his career as an OS&H Engineer almost three years ago. As the onsite OSHA instructor, he leads the 10- and 30-hour general industry classes to provide greater safety training for our workforce.
“My favorite thing is the family atmosphere. You’re not a number, but a person with a name. Everyone looks out for one another and makes safety their top priority.”
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Our mission is to safely decontaminate and decommission the Portsmouth Site while partnering with the community to create a sustainable economic future for the region.