DOE Plans to Extend Incumbent DUF Contractor to Keep Weapons Work Steady

摘要

The Department of Energy plans to retain a Atkins-led joint venture that runs depleted uranium conversion at former gaseous diffusion plants in Ohio and Kentucky for 14 more months, until March 31, 2023, in part to help a defense project stay on track. The DOE announced its intention to extend the contract for Mid-America Conversion Services in a notice on a federal procurement website March 26. The team, which also includes Westinghouse and Fluor, holds the current five-year, $459-million Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky.