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Nuclear Modernization

Fluor-led Team Wins Long-Term Contract to Manage Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

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Fluor-led Team Wins Long-Term Contract to Manage Civilian Nuclear Weapon Sites

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A team led by Fluor [FLR] won the potentially 10-year, $28-billion contract to manage the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) two big nuclear-weapon production facilities in Tennessee and Texas. The team beat out at least two other bids — one led by BWX Technologies [BWXT] and another led by Bechtel National — to become the long-term steward of the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Site in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The former assembles and disassembles nuclear…

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