DOE Abruptly Cancels $13B Cleanup Award to BWXT-Fluor Team | 2020-12-31 | Engineering News-Record

DOE Abruptly Cancels $13B Cleanup Award to BWXT-Fluor Team | 2020-12-31 | Engineering News-Record: The U.S. Energy Dept. has cancelled a $13-billion, 10-year contract awarded just a few months ago to a team led by BWXT Technical Services and Fluor Federal Services to manage millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored underground at its Hanford, Wash., former weapons site—confirming plans for a major scope expansion and lengthy reprocurement but sharing few details. DOE alerted agency and contract employees on Dec. 23, and has confirmed to ENR, that it now will seek new bids for a single contractor to operate . . .