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DoE, Navy Move To Consolidate Management of Bettis, Knolls Labs

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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz The Energy Department and the Navy announced last week that they will jointly seek competitive bids from industry for complementary contracts under which one company will operate both the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, which currently are run by separate contractors. In a Feb. 26 announcement on DoE's procurement Web site, DoE's Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office in conjunction with the Naval Sea System Command said they would award separate contracts to…

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