Two Hanford contracts change hands to URS-owned company and CH2M Hill

摘要

Two major environmental cleanup contracts at the Energy Department's Hanford Site in Washington state changed hands last week, as a division of URS Corporation took over efforts to retrieve nuclear waste from tank farms, and CH2M Hill assumed responsibility for cleaning up the expansive central plateau at the 586-square-mile site. Washington River Protection Solutions, a division of URS, and its partner EnergySolutions took over the tank farm contract, which is worth up to $7.1 billion over 10 years. CH2M Hill held that contract since 1999, but lost out in bidding when DOE awarded the deal in May. The contract is within DOE's Office of River Protection.