# EnergySolutions

**Type:** venture
**Status:** Draft
**Confidence:** Medium
**Focus:** nuclear waste management, radioactive waste disposal, decommissioning, environmental services
**Stage:** Private; established; only commercial low-level radioactive waste site in the western US
**Location:** Salt Lake City, UT (HQ); Clive, UT (disposal site)
**Updated:** 2026-06-21
**Domain:** energy
**Region:** Clive, UT (Tooele County)
**Needs-reviewed:** 2026-06-21
**Pull:** *Utah's nuclear waste management anchor — 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, the only commercial low-level radioactive waste site serving the western US.*

## Summary

EnergySolutions is a nuclear waste management company headquartered in Salt Lake City. It operates the Clive, Utah disposal facility, which accepts Class A, B, and C low-level radioactive waste from power plants, defense facilities, medical isotope producers, and research institutions. The company also provides decommissioning, transportation, and recycling services for nuclear materials nationwide. Formerly Envirocare of Utah, it was rebranded after a 2006 acquisition, and its operations are licensed by the State of Utah and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

## Impact

EnergySolutions is critical infrastructure for the US nuclear fuel cycle's back end. Without the Clive facility, western-US nuclear operators would have no in-region commercial disposal option. Its operations have shaped Tooele County's economy and generated significant regulatory debate around transportation risks and long-term environmental liability.

## What They Need Now

Nuclear engineers, environmental compliance specialists, health physicists, operations managers, transportation logistics staff, and regulatory affairs professionals. Cleared positions for DOE-site work are common.

## Utah Context

The Clive facility, about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, is the only commercial low-level radioactive waste site in the western United States and has operated since the 1980s under Envirocare. EnergySolutions is one of the larger private employers in Tooele County, paying significant taxes and fees to the county and state. Its presence reflects Utah's role in hosting infrastructure too specialized or politically difficult to site in more densely populated states.

## Evidence

- [Official Website](https://www.energysolutions.com)

## See Also

- [US Magnesium](us-magnesium.md) — the established incumbent on Great Salt Lake shores, using evaporative methods on a legacy permit
- [NSA Utah Data Center](nsa-utah-data-center.md) — another example of Utah hosting specialized national-security infrastructure

## Open Questions

- Current capacity utilization and permitted waste volumes at the Clive facility?
- Status of any proposed expansion or new disposal technologies?
- Regulatory timeline for any proposed international waste import applications?