[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1661-E1662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING BECHTEL BWXT IDAHO LEGACY AT AMWTP

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2011

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, as a representative of Idaho's Second 
Congressional District and member of the House Energy and Water 
Development Subcommittee, it gives me great pleasure to recognize 
Bechtel BWXT Idaho's exemplary eight year legacy at the Advanced Mixed 
Waste Treatment Project, AMWTP.
  Under BBWI's supervision, AMWTP is the United States Department of 
Energy's most advanced waste treatment facility, safely and compliantly 
sending more radioactive waste to the DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 
for permanent disposal than any other site in the DOE Complex.
  The excellence of BBWI and its employees shows through numerous 
awards ranging from the 2005 Department of Energy Electrical Safety 
Challenge to the multiple National Safety Awards received in 2010. 
Employees have worked more than 12.4 million hours and 2,839 days 
without a lost-time injury and have shipped more than 43,718 cubic 
meters of transuranic, mixed low level, and low level waste.

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  BBWI is also an active and involved corporate partner to Idaho. 
Supporting its community through contributions such as civic, cultural 
arts, and educational organizations, BBWI helps strengthen the fabric 
of communities and improve the -quality of life for Idahoans.
  I am proud to represent AMWTP, a leading corporation in Idaho and for 
other waste treatment sites across the country.

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