U.S. Department of Energy Selects Fluor Joint Venture to Operate the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities
September 30 2016 - 7:58AM
Business Wire
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) selected Mid-America Conversion
Services, LLC (MCS), a joint venture comprised of Atkins, Fluor and
Westinghouse, to operate the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6)
conversion facilities at DOE’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in
Paducah, Kentucky, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in
Piketon, Ohio. The contract is valued at $318 million for the joint
venture over a five-year period of performance beginning in 2016.
Work will begin in the first quarter of 2017.
The project includes the operation of DUF6 conversion facilities
for the purpose of processing DOE’s inventory of stored DUF6, a
co-product of the uranium enrichment process. The facilities
convert DUF6 to depleted uranium oxide for possible future reuse,
storage or disposal. A co-product of the conversion process is
hydrofluoric acid, which can be reused in industrial processes.
“We are excited that DOE has selected Fluor and the MCS team to
operate the depleted hexafluoride conversion facilities,” said
Bruce Stanski, president of Fluor’s Government Group. “As the prime
contractor at DOE’s Paducah and Portsmouth sites, Fluor has
tremendous experience and insight at both DUF6 plant locations,
their stakeholders and the business needs that will be helpful in
making the DUF6 project successful. We’re looking forward to
continuing our work with the sites’ employees, the communities in
which we work, and to supporting the safe cleanup of the
facilities.”
Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC, is a fully integrated
team, which will operate the two DUF6 conversion facilities to
continue the conversion of the DOE’s inventory of approximately
765,000 metric tons of depleted uranium hexafluoride to depleted
uranium oxide. The team of leading nuclear industry experts will
also broker the sale of the aqueous hydrofluoric acid product and
provide surveillance and maintenance services for the DUF6 cylinder
inventory.
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering,
procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that
designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its
clients on six continents. For more than a century, Fluor has
served our clients by delivering innovative and integrated
solutions across the globe. With headquarters in Irving, Texas,
Fluor ranks 155 on the FORTUNE 500 list with revenue of $18.1
billion in 2015 and has more than 60,000 employees worldwide. For
more information, please visit www.fluor.com or follow us on
Twitter @FluorCorp.
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