The Department of Energy’s Office of Environment has awarded a three-year contract worth up to $4.5 million to a small Idaho- based consulting company for emergency preparedness training connected to radioactive material shipments.
Technical Resources Group, based in Idaho Falls, will provide Environmental Management’s Office of Packaging and Transportation with training to “prepare for a response to a transportation incident/accident involving shipments of DOE radiological material,” according to a Dec. 31 online procurement notice.
Under the set-aside contract, the woman-owned Technical Resources Group trains and prepares federal, state, local, local and tribal entities for potential mishaps related to shipments of radioactive material.
Under DOE supervision, the contractor will provide “emergency response radiological transportation training program classes annually at various locations across the nation,” according to the notice. “The contractor is responsible for providing support services such as training videos and other potential options for DOE consideration and distribution as appropriate,” DOE said.
According to its website, Technical Resources Group is led by CEO Celeste Clawson, who spent 32 years as a corporate trainer, and president Tom Clawson, who has 30 years of nuclear experience in the Navy and commercial power sectors.
