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Nuclear Modernization

After Merger With Jacobs’ Government Business, Amentum Eyes Areas of Nuclear Growth

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

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After Merger With Jacobs’ Government Business, Amentum Eyes Areas of Nuclear Growth

Amentum, which last week absorbed Jacobs Solutions’ government service business, is eyeing business opportunities at U.S. nuclear-weapon sites and in nuclear energy, its CEO told the ExchangeMonitor Tuesday. Before Friday’s merger, Amentum, spun off from Aecom [ACM] in 2020, and was part of three big nuclear-weapons-cleanup contractors serving the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. On two of those contracts, Amentum was the lead partner. At active nuclear-weapon sites managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), however, Amentum…

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