With the theme of this year’s conference “Reducing long-term environmental liability through efficient, effective cleanup,” the VNSFS team could not be better positioned to tell its story to the radioactive waste management industry, said VNSFS CEO Billy Morrison.
“Last year saw our team celebrate a number of critical milestones and successes that continue to demonstrate the unique value we bring to our customers,” Morrison said ahead of the March 8-12 meeting. “We fully expect to build on and leverage that success in the new year while continuing to grow. From expanding use of our GeoMelt® technology to utilizing Veolia’s unique mix of in-house technology and experience to tackle mercury issues at Oak Ridge and other sites, VNSFS is poised for a breakout 2020.”
Veolia will again have a significant presence at the annual Waste Management conference, highlighting the company’s broad range of capabilities and technological offerings and showcasing significant successes of the past year. In addition to the main VNSFS booth, which has become a popular networking and business hub at the event, the company will also again have the opportunity to celebrate its many positive contributions to responding to the Fukushima Daiichi disaster of 2011 at a Veolia Nuclear Solutions booth in the conference’s Japan pavilion.
Looking to the year ahead, Morrison said VNSFS is thinking aggressively about growth – both in terms of contract wins and expanding the business organically and through acquisition.
“We are enjoying what appears to be an active acquisition-intensive nuclear market as we eye our growth in North America,” he said. “We plan on acquiring and consolidating various radwaste treatment technologies and combining them with our nuclear waste operations to create an even more powerful one-stop shop for our nuclear clients.”
VNSFS will also continue to strengthen and expand its relationships in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) federal market, as well as the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) community. Awards such as the one announced in December to begin construction of a multi-million-dollar water detention system at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) D&D Project show demonstrate the value in our unique combination of deep-seated experience, operational know-how and cutting-edge technologies, Morrison said.