RESTON, Va., March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bechtel leaders
joined U.S. government officials to mark completion of site
readiness work at a key National Nuclear Security Administration
site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee — the
first step toward the start of construction on the nation's new
facility to safely and securely process uranium for nuclear
defense, naval propulsion, and other applications. The Uranium
Processing Facility Site Readiness Project was completed on time,
$20 million under budget, and
surpassed 600 days without a recordable accident or injury.
Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC teamed with NNSA
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage and complete
earthwork, bridge and road construction, site facility demolition,
contaminated debris removal, electrical and piping rerouting, and
installation of storm water management features at the future UPF
site, located at the Y-12 National
Security Complex.
"The new UPF is vital to the nation's nuclear security," said
Brian Reilly, UPF project director.
"It will replace 70-year old facilities with a set of modern
buildings designed and constructed to today's safety and security
standards. The completion of this early project is a great example
of cooperation and a major step toward UPF construction."
At an estimated $6.5 billion, UPF
is the Department of Energy's largest investment in Tennessee since the Manhattan Project and
NNSA's largest-ever construction project. It will be a
multi-building, state of the art complex for enriched uranium
operations related to nuclear security including assembly,
disassembly, dismantlement, quality evaluation, and product
certification. Construction will require an estimated $1.8 billion in goods and services with about
2,400 jobs at peak and an estimated 8,000 supporting jobs in the
surrounding community.[1] Completion of UPF design and construction
is contracted to Bechtel's U.S. government services company.
Work scheduled for this year includes detailed design
engineering, demolition of unused site facilities, installation of
a construction support facility, procurement of long lead items,
and a concrete batch plant. When complete, UPF will support U.S.
policy to reduce the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons while
ensuring the remaining weapons are safe, secure, and effective in
the absence of full-scale testing.
Bechtel's government services in the U.S. includes a broad
spectrum of nuclear security, defense, and operations at the Pantex
Plant near Amarillo, Texas, in a
consolidated contract under CNS; and with the University of California and industrial partners at
Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national security
laboratories in New Mexico and
California. Additionally, Bechtel
is completing construction and testing at plants in Kentucky and Colorado to destroy the remaining U.S.
stockpile of chemical weapons.
Learn more:
- Uranium Processing Facility information page
- NNSA press release
- View Photos: Uranium Processing Facility Project Director
Brian Reilly (second from right)
joins dignitaries at a ceremony marking completion of construction
site readiness. Third from left is NNSA Administrator Gen.
Frank Klotz (ret.) and center is
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann; An
artist's rendering of the future Uranium Processing Facility at the
Y-12 National Security Complex.
(Images courtesy Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC.)
About Bechtel:
Bechtel is among the most respected engineering, project
management, and construction companies in the world. We stand apart
for our ability to get the job done right—no matter how big, how
complex, or how remote. Bechtel operates through four global
business units that specialize in infrastructure; mining and
metals; nuclear, security and environmental; and oil, gas, and
chemicals. Since its founding in 1898, Bechtel has worked on more
than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents.
Today, our 53,000 colleagues team with customers, partners, and
suppliers on diverse projects in nearly 40 countries.
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Media contact:
Fred
deSousa
t. 703 429
6435
tfdesous@bechtel.com
Amanda
Meixel-Kinghorn
t. 865 209
2849
MEIXELAM@y12.doe.gov
[1] "Economic Impacts on Tennessee Arising from Construction of
the Uranium Processing Facility," University
of Tennessee Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy,
http://bakercenter.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/01/712462-Project-Report-Baker-Center.corrected.1.23.pdf
Jan. 12, 2015, accessed March 12, 2015
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