Duratek

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Duratek is one of the world’s largest processors of Low Level Waste (LLW). The company owns and operates a commercially-licensed incinerator to dispose of such nuclear or radioactive waste in the United States. The company also possesses technology to convert waste into environmentally safe forms, such as durable glass. The company was also hired by the United States Department of Energy to assist in waste conversion efforts.

The Columbia, Maryland-based company was founded in 1983. In 1990, the company merged with General Technical Services (GTS); the resulting company was known as GTS Duratek. That year, the company formed a joint venture with another firm — Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. — to build a commercial vitrification system.

[edit] Acquisitions, takeovers, and transitions

In 1997, GTS Duratek acquired the Scientific Ecology Group (SEG). In 2000, the company purchased the nuclear services business arm of Waste Management Inc. One year later, the company announced that it was dropping GTS from its name, and was once again known as Duratek.

On February 7, 2006, the company announced that it was being acquired by EnergySolutions.