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Nuclear Modernization

Lobbyist Who Worked to Keep DoE From Turning Arms-Disposal Facility Into Nuke Weapon Plant Laid Off

Friday, October 19th, 2018

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Lobbyist Who Worked to Keep DoE From Turning Arms-Disposal Facility Into Nuke Weapon Plant Laid Off

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Longtime Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility lobbyist Stephen Marlo was laid off on Friday, the veteran government-affairs man told Defense Daily in a telephone interview.Marlo was let go by Aptim, the Woodlands, Texas. That company was created by a private equity firm in 2017 from what used to be the federal services unit of CB&I. Aptim was spun off from CB&I before the latter company, which had been the majority owner of Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) prime MOX Services, was…

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Army

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