Jeremy L. Dillon
RW Monitor
4/26/2014
The Department of Energy has begun conducting market research in preparation for two planned procurements for the lease and loading of casks with spent nuclear fuel, as well as the transportation of the fuel from non-commercial research reactors to the Idaho National Laboratory, according to a pair of Sources Sought notices posted to the FedBizOpps website this week. DOE is seeking information to determine the possible availability of small businesses to perform the two planned contracts. “The inventory to be shipped includes mostly Training, Research, Isotopes – General Atomic, (TRIGA) fuels; and, for the first years of shipments, approximately 200 SNF elements from a minimum of three separate Domestic Research Reactor facilities, including Penn State University, the University of Texas, and the University of California at Davis,” the cask leasing Sources Sought notice said.
NAC International operates the current two contracts to load and move the SNF under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded by DOE. Capability statements by small business for the cask leasing and loading sources sought notice are due by April 28, while the transportation sources sought notice capability statements are due by May 5.
