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URS-Led Consortium Wins Savannah River Waste Tank Contract

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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz In a competition that appeared to have little suspense, the Energy Department announced Monday it had selected a consortium led by URS Corp.'s Washington Division for a minimum six-year contract to begin the mammoth task of emptying and closing in place 49 underground storage tanks at its Savannah River Site containing some 34 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste left over from decades of nuclear weapons production. The contract, which covers an estimated $3.3 billion in cleanup…

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