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Fluor wins US energy plant decommissioning work contract

06-04-2021

Fluor Corporation, a leading global player in the engineering, procurement and construction sector, said it has secured a contract from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to extend the current decontamination and decommissioning work at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) in Piketon, Ohio.

The DoE Portsmouth site is a 3,700-acre federal reservation located in southern Ohio. It was built in the early 1950s by the US Atomic Energy Commission as part of the nation’s nuclear weapons complex producing enriched uranium from 1954 until 2001.

The reimbursable contract is executed by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, a Fluor-led partnership, together with BWX Technologies and Jacobs.

The extension includes an additional 12 months with two additional 6-month options and is valued at up to $690 million including options.

The scope of the project includes the continued deactivation, demolition and disposal of selected site facilities, process equipment, related process buildings, and other ancillary facilities as well as continuing environmental remediation, uranium stewardship and community outreach programmes.

"In partnership with the DoE, the Fluor team has done a tremendous job in delivering on the important decontamination and decommissioning work that is well under way at Portsmouth," stated Tom D’Agostino, the President of Fluor’s Mission Solutions business.

"We have been working at Portsmouth for 10 years and this extension provides a continuity of service crucial for the site and the DOE as the project moves into the next phase of demolition and waste placement. We look forward to maintaining our momentum and working collaboratively with the DOE and the community, he added.-TradeArabia News Service