Fluor Corporation said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy had extended its contract with the company for management and operations of the Savannah River Site, a nuclear research and material processing facility, near Aiken, S.C., that is run by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), a Fluor-led partnership, together with SN3 Stoller New Port News Nuclear and Honeywell.
The service extension is for an additional 22 months.
SRNS was originally awarded the Savannah River maintenance and operating contract in January 2008 after an open and competitive bidding process. By exercising the option to extend the term of the contract, the DOE and SRNS “will continue uninterrupted management and operations activities,” Fluor pointed out in a release.
The Savannah River Site, owned by the DOE, focuses on supporting and maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile as well as processing and storing nuclear materials in support of the country's non-proliferation efforts. Work performed on the site includes environmental management and clean up of legacy materials, facilities and waste “left over from the Cold War,” Fluor said.
Fluor has been involved in nuclear services for the Department of Energy for more than 70 years with legacy contracts that go as far back in history as the Manhattan Project. In addition to the Savannah River site work, Fluor supports the DOE's cleanup missions at the Idaho Site under the Idaho Cleanup Project Core Contract and is the prime contractor for deactivating the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucy, as well as for the decontamination and decommissioning of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio.