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New management for Oak Ridge nuclear weapons breakin site

U.S. uranium complex changes management after activists break in Al
Arabiya News, 08 January 2013 TIMOTHY GARDNER  REUTERS The U.S.
government has named a new group to manage security at a site where it
processes and stores enriched uranium after anti-nuclear activists,
including an 82-year old nun, broke into the site in 2012.

The National Nuclear Security Administration said on Tuesday it has
chosen Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC to manage and operate the
Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the
breach occurred last July, as well as the Plantex Plant near Amarillo,
Texas.

The group selected is comprised of Bechtel National Inc, Lockheed
Martin Services Inc, ATK Launch Systems Inc and SOC LLC. Consolidated
will begin a transition immediately and the contract will start on May
1, the NNSA said.

The five-year contract, with options to renew it for another five
years, also includes construction project management of the uranium
processing facility of the Y-12 complex and an option for work at the
Savannah River tritium operations in South Carolina.

The contract includes a total available fee of about $446 million if
the Savannah River option is picked up by the end of the first year,
the NNSA said…..
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January 9, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general