December 16, 2015

Y-12/Pantex Manager Not Satisfied With First Performance Score

By ExchangeMonitor

While Consolidated Nuclear Security received a low performance score in its first 15 months on the job – 57 percent out of 100 – the operator of the Y-12 and Pantex plants earned fees totaling $42.6 million.

CNS President and CEO Jim Haynes said the company wasn’t pleased with the performance ratings but would work to meet the National Nuclear Security Administration’s expectations.

“The score is lower than expected and should be disappointing for every one of us,” Haynes said in a message to employees at the Tennessee and Texas sites, “but it should not be allowed to overshadow our important work supporting the Front Line of Global Security."

CNS is a Bechtel-led contractor team that assumed management of the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons plants on July 1, 2014.

The overall rating for the first period was “good,” encompassing six performance targets that varied from "very good" to "satisfactory," according to Haynes. The CEO said the initial report card does not include ongoing work on the multibillion-dollar Uranium Processing Facility at Y-12. He said that project is being evaluated separately. Bechtel National, a CNS parent, is handling much of the UPF project.

The NNSA has not yet released the performance evaluation report for the federal contractor at Y-12 and Pantex.

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