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Nuclear Modernization

Bidders for New Civilian Nuke Production Contracts Can Tour Sites This Month

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

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Bidders for New Civilian Nuke Production Contracts Can Tour Sites This Month

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Companies interested in managing the two main civilian nuclear-weapon production sites under a potential 10-year, $28-billion contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration will be allowed to visit the facilities on Sept. 22 and Sept. 24. The agency announced in June that it would not pick up further options on incumbent Consolidated Nuclear Security’s contract to manage the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. The semiautonomous Department of Energy branch aims…

Army

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Congress

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Army

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