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DOE Lab To Seek Bids On Waste Treatment Plant For Warhead Core Factory

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

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DOE Lab To Seek Bids On Waste Treatment Plant For Warhead Core Factory

Aerial view of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Photo: LANL

The Los Alamos National Laboratory expects to solicit bids in October for design and construction of a facility to treat liquid transuranic waste generated by future production of fissile nuclear-weapon cores, called plutonium pits, according to a Monday procurement note. Triad National Security, which since November has managed the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for the Department of Energy (DOE), plans to start building the Transuranic Liquid Waste Project in October 2020, Monday’s sources-sought note reads. Companies interested either in design, designing…

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