Private company
Waste Control Specialists
Logo: wcstexas.com3
Nuclear waste disposal company based in Dallas1
Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is a treatment, storage, & disposal company dealing in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed wastes. Developed and controlled by Texas billionaire investor Harold Simmons until his death at the end of 2013, the company was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1989 as a landfill operator, and awarded a unique license for disposal of low level radioactive waste in 2009.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Waste Control Specialists LLC (WCS) is a treatment, storage, & disposal company dealing in radioactive, hazardous, and mixed wastes. Developed and controlled by Texas billionaire investor Harold Simmons until his death at the end of 2013, the company was founded in Dallas, Texas in 1989 as a landfill operator, and awarded a unique license for disposal of low level radioactive waste in 2009.2
Timeline
- 1989Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal contracts $114.2M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $9.2M | $9.2M |
| 2025 | $9.1M | $9.1M |
| 2024 | $11.2M | $11.2M |
| 2023 | $18.9M | $18.9M |
| 2022 | $9.8M | $9.8M |
| 2021 | $10.6M | $10.6M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.2M |
| 2019 | $9.0M | $9.0M |
| 2018 | $3.0M | $3.0M |
| 2017 | $6.6M | $6.6M |
| 2016 | $303.2K | $303.2K |
| 2014 | $2.2M | $2.2M |
| 2013 | $6.5M | $6.5M |
| 2012 | $112.7K | $112.7K |
| 2011 | $113.1K | $113.1K |
| 2010 | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| 2009 | $2.2M | $2.2M |
| 2008 | $9.7M | $9.7M |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest contracts
- Sep 26, 2017$20.5M from Department of Energy: Igf::ot::igf doe environmental management -los alamos field office interim tru/gtcc waste storage project5 To WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC Award DEEM0005117
- May 13, 2021$20.2M from Department of Energy: This task order provides interim storage, monitoring, and management of up to seventy four (74) shipping containers of doe tru/gtcc waste at6 To WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC Award 89303421FEM400009
- Mar 8, 2007$15.2M from Department of Energy: This contract was competitively solicited and awarded by flour fernald, inc., and subsequently assigned to the u.s. department of energy, to7 To WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC Award DEAC2407CC00029
- Sep 12, 2024$15.0M from Department of Energy: Transuranic greater than class c waste storage - this task order provides interim storage, monitoring, and management of up to seventy four 8 To WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC Award 89303424FEM400022
- Sep 28, 2023$12.1M from Department of Energy: 89303323fem400374 for department of energy (doe) office of environmental management consolidated business center (emcbc) removal of doe tran9 To WASTE CONTROL SPECIALISTS LLC Award 89303323FEM400374
Links
- Websitewww.wcstexas.com1
- WikipediaWaste Control Specialists
- WikidataQ7972798
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 3Company websiteWaste Control Specialists logo
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- 5USAspending.govDEEM0005117: Department of Energy
- 6USAspending.gov89303421FEM400009: Department of Energy
- 7USAspending.govDEAC2407CC00029: Department of Energy
- 8USAspending.gov89303424FEM400022: Department of Energy
- 9USAspending.gov89303323FEM400374: Department of Energy