Bechtel and SAIC

Bechtel brings more than 50 years of leadership in the nuclear industry and is the nation's top project management, engineering, and construction firm. Bechtel is currently working on more than 1,100 projects worldwide. In its 103-year history, Bechtel has worked on over 19,000 projects in 140 nations on all seven continents

SAIC is one of the world's top companies in the field of information technology, telecommunications, science, and engineering — with commercial, government, and defense customers around the world. SAIC is known as the nation's premier integrator of advanced science and technology. It has more than 19 years of continuous service at Yucca Mountain in science, engineering, environmental studies, safety and health, and quality assurance.

Separately, both Bechtel and SAIC bring reputations for solving some of the most challenging engineering projects in the world — within budget and ahead of schedule. Together, their broad expertise — including commericial nuclear practices and Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing success — provides a firm foundation to manage the Yucca Mountain Project. Their combined strengths include

• managing more radioactive waste for the DOE than any other contractor,
• designing or managing the construction of more than 200 miles of tunnels and 20 major underground structures in rock,
• engineering the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the nation's first permanent underground repository for nuclear waste,
• completing environmental remediation and restoration on over 2,000 sites at more than 50 facilities and installations across the country,
• evaluating alternatives for immobilizing, storing, and disposing of weapons-grade plutonium, and
• providing comprehensive environmental services on projects for the DOE, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a broad range of commercial customers.