UCOR EARNS 90 PERCENT OF AVAILABLE AWARD FEE

Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, earned about 90 percent of its available award fee in the period from April through September 2013, receiving about $3.11 million out of a total of $3.43 million. “During this six-month performance rating period, UCOR has done a very good job executing the scope under the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) contract,” states a Dec. 20 award fee determination letter from the Department of Energy to UCOR. The letter adds, “These indicators have all trended positively over the evaluation period and are an improvement to the previous evaluation earlier this year. They reflect a contract that is performing well against the cost and schedule plan.”

 

Among achievements, the letter notes progress UCOR made toward the demolition of the K-25 former gaseous diffusion plant ahead of schedule, as well as improvements in UCOR’s nuclear safety program. DOE did note, however, some areas in which UCOR could have done better. “During this period, the schedule for weighing the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) Sodium Fluoride (NaF) traps was slipped several times,” the letter states. It also adds, “Six events occurred across UCOR projects that are associated with the hoisting and rigging/fork lift program.”