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,
Greg Wilkett
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.
Jordan Swavel has been on the PORTS site for more than 16 years and is currently the On Site Waste Characterization and Disposition Manager. He started his career at PORTS as an intern and returned to work as a security escort after graduating from Muskingum College with a degree in Environmental Science. After getting his foot in the door, he found his way to Waste Management with his first job as an Environmental Engineer.
“I enjoy being part of these impactful projects like D&D. We are doing important work here and I take great pride in the job that I do. I enjoy training and mentoring the new generation of Waste Management whenever I can as well.”
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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.