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DoE Changes Contractors For Mixed Waste Disposal At Idaho

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Friday, April 9th, 2010

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After an extended period of competition, the Energy Department last week announced it has picked a new operating contractor for the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project at its Idaho site, replacing Bechtel BWXT Idaho Inc. with a consortium led by CH2M Hill and Newport News Nuclear Inc. The award of the five-year contract, which covers some $592 million in cleanup work, follows repeated extension of the Bechtel-BWXT contract since last September, with the department saying it needed more time to…

Congress

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Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

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