EnergySolutions announced in a Tuesday press release it was awarded two government contracts that assist in nuclear waste management across prominent Naval sites in the United States.
The Utah-based nuclear company was awarded new U.S. Navy Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts that support waste management operations across numerous Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program sites. IDIQ contracts are a type of government contract that allows for the purchase of an indefinite quantity of products or services over a fixed period.
The total value of the two contracts is $84.6 million, according to EnergySolutions.
One of the contracts is the Corporate Recycling and Volume Reduction Contract (CRVRC). Included in the CRVRC contract are processing activities for recycling and volume reduction at EnergySolutions’ Bear Creek Operations Processing and Recycling Facility in Oak Ridge, TN.
The other contract pertains to treatment and disposal of mixed low-level waste (MLLW) across all domestic nuclear naval shipyards at EnergySolution Clive Treatment and Disposal Facility, which is in Utah’s west desert. The MLLW contract began on April 6, according to a EnergySolutions spokesperson.
NEW: Via public records request, I’ve been able to confirm reporting today that a warrant has been issued for DOE deputy asst. secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition Sam Brinton for another luggage theft, this time at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid airport. (cc: @EMPublications)
DOE spent fuel lead Brinton accused of second luggage theft.
by @BenjaminSWeiss, confirming today's reports with warrant from Las Vegas Metro PD.
Waste has been Emplaced! 🚮
We have finally begun emplacing defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of #WIPP.
Read more about the waste emplacement here: https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20221123-2.asp
Editorial: Sam Brinton’s credibility is now an issue 🔓