EnergySolutions is one of the world’s largest processors of low level waste (LLW), and is the largest nuclear waste company in the United States. EnergySolutions is a publicly traded company Nasdaq: ES) based in Salt Lake City, Utah, although it has operations in 40 states. Steve Creamer is the founder and current CEO of the company, which formed from the merger of four waste disposal companies: Envirocare, Scientech D&D, BNG America, and Duratek. The company with no experience as a nuclear power generator took over several Magnox atomic plants from British Nuclear Fuels plc in United Kingdom on June 7 2007.
EnergySolutions owns two landfills to dispose radioactive waste—in Tooele County, Utah and Barnwell County, South Carolina. The company also possesses technology to convert waste into environmentally safe forms, such as durable glass, and is contracted by the United States Department of Energy to assist in waste conversion efforts.
The company holds the naming rights to EnergySolutions Arena.
