MONTREAL, Aug. 30, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Atkins Nuclear
Secured Holdings Corporation, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group
(TSX: SNC), is pleased to announce the U.S. Department of Energy's
(DOE's) Office of River Protection in Richland, Washington, intends to extend the
current tank operations contract with Washington River Protection
Solutions (WRPS). The contract extension could run up to 12 months,
from October 1, 2019, to September 30, 2020, with an approximate value of
$725 million. WRPS is a partnership
that includes AECOM and Atkins. For SNC-Lavalin, this contract is
under SNCL Engineering Services.
Tom Jouvanis, President, Atkins
Nuclear Secured, said: "The extension to the WRPS contract is good
news for our team. We value our partnership with AECOM and look
forward to safely delivering this challenging project to the DOE
and the state of Washington. This
application of our engineering expertise through partnerships is a
proven model, and we continue to see opportunities in the US
market."
The contract extension will allow the continued safe management
of Hanford's high-level waste, while positioning it for treatment
in the waste treatment plant. These activities extend the WRPS
mission and focus towards site risk reduction in order to preserve
and protect the Columbia River. This will be the 12th year of work
at Hanford for WRPS. Atkins has a long history of delivering
several key projects at DOE sites across the country, including the
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky, the Portsmouth Gaseous
Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio
and projects at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Savannah
River Site.
About SNC-Lavalin
Founded in 1911,
SNC-Lavalin is a global fully integrated professional services and
project management company and a major player in the ownership of
infrastructure. From offices around the world, SNC-Lavalin's
employees think beyond engineering. Our teams provide comprehensive
end-to-end project solutions – including capital investment,
consulting, design, engineering, construction management,
sustaining capital and operations and maintenance – to clients
across the EDPM (engineering, design and project management),
Infrastructure, Nuclear, and Resources businesses.
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About Atkins Nuclear Secured
Atkins Nuclear
Secured Holdings Corporation is a business unit within
SNC-Lavalin's global nuclear sector focused on the US federal
market. With strengths in nuclear operations, process design
engineering, waste management, characterization, transportation,
disposition and high-level waste technologies, Nuclear Secured is a
partner in the team managing the Tank Operations contract at
Hanford, leads the teams managing the DUF6 plants in Portsmouth and Paducah and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
in Ontario, and manages the U-233
project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At Atkins Nuclear Secured, we
safely deliver high consequence, technically complex missions for
federal governments. SNC-Lavalin acquired WS Atkins plc
on July 3, 2017.
About Atkins
Atkins
(www.atkinsglobal.com) is one of the world's most
respected design, engineering and project
management consultancies, employing over 18,300 people across
the UK, North America,
Middle East and Africa, Asia
Pacific and Europe. We
build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives
are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. You can view
Atkins' recent projects here.
SOURCE SNC-Lavalin