Contracts & Procurement

The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said Monday it has awarded a series of four-year research and development contracts worth up to £12 million across multiple sites. The three new framework contracts were awarded to 10 consortia involving more than 70 organizations. Those involved include U.K. universities, multinational corporations, and about 20 small- to medium-sized businesses. […]

The current management and operations contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has been extended for one year, to fiscal 2018, but will be up for grabs after that. Lab Director Charles McMillan made the announcement at an all-hands meeting on Wednesday, according to an internal announcement issued Thursday. A formal notice […]

Profits rose at Fluor Corp.’s Government division in the first quarter, and the segment checked in with big wins on major Energy Department cleanup jobs for the period ended March 31, the Irving, Texas-based engineering and construction giant announced late Thursday. The win comes as overall profits in the quarter fell on a weaker performance […]

BWX Technologies’ (BWXT) said Monday its adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2016 rose 11 cents year over year, to 44 cents a share , with revenue in the period rising 9 percent to about $365 million. On a nonadjusted basis, the now-nuclear-only company posted first-quarter earnings of 46 […]

James Taylor, the former AECOM executive, is now general manager of Bechtel’s global Environmental business line, the company announced in a thursday press release. In his new role, Taylor will lead government and commercial environmental remediation projects worldwide for Bechtel’s Nuclear, Security and Environmental global business unit, the press release said. Taylor, formerly executive vice […]

Hanford Site contractor CH2M Plateau Remediation Co. has earned 95 percent of the available fee for fiscal 2015 and a rating of “excellent,” the Department of Energy announced this week. The contractor, which is responsible for Hanford groundwater and Central Plateau cleanup, earned about $10.6 million of about $10.9 million available. The excellent rating was […]

Waste, water, and energy management multinational Veolia on Wednesday reported a first-quarter dip in revenue and a steeper slide in net income over the prior-year period. Revenue dropped by 3.4 percent, from €6.31 billion in first-quarter 2015 to €6.09 billion for the three-month period ending March 31 of this year. The France-based company, which provides […]

Southern California Edison’s first-quarter 2016 net income from continuing operations decreased by $18 million, or 5 cents per share, to $287 million and 88 cents per share, from the same period in 2015, parent company Edison International reported Monday. Edison’s earnings report said the decrease was mainly due to the timing of revenue recognized in […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Monday it expects this month to release the final request for proposals (RFP) for management and operation of the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The agency has been seeking feedback on draft solicitation documents for the contract competition that it released in March. Last week, the NNSA offered a […]

The current management and operations contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has been extended for one year, to fiscal 2018, but will be up for grabs after that. Lab Director Charles McMillan made the announcement at an all-hands meeting on Wednesday, according to an internal announcement issued Thursday. A formal notice […]

Waste, water, and energy management multinational Veolia on Wednesday reported a first-quarter dip in revenue and a steeper slide in net income over the prior-year period. Revenue dropped by 3.4 percent, from 6.31 billion euros in first-quarter 2015 to 6.09 billion euros for the three-month period ending March 31 of this year. The company cited […]

Los Alamos National Security, the managing and operating contractor for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico, is seeking a subcontractor to provide canine explosive detection services (CEDS) at the site, according to a request for expressions of interest issued Monday. The CEDS program seeks to deter bomb threats through detection searches performed […]

Profits at Denver-based engineering services company CH2M, formerly CH2M Hill, rose slightly in the quarter ended March 25, due in part to the strength of a joint-venture nuclear consulting project in Canada, the company announced Monday. The company earned roughly $24.6 million in the first quarter of 2016, up from $23.5 million a year ago, […]

The majority of New Mexico’s congressional delegation on Tuesday said they have called on the National Nuclear Security Administration to ensure that small business participation is a key component of the next management and operations contract for the Sandia National Laboratories. The semiautonomous Department of Energy branch said Monday it expects to release the final request for […]

BWX Technologies’ (BWXT) said Monday its adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2016 rose 11 cents year over year, to 44 cents a share , with revenue in the period rising 9 percent to about $365 million. On a nonadjusted basis, the now-nuclear-only company posted first quarter earnings of […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Monday it expects this month to release the final request for proposals (RFP) for management and operation of the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The agency has been seeking feedback on draft solicitation documents for the contract competition that it released in March. Last week, the NNSA offered a […]

Southern California Edison’s first-quarter 2016 net income from continuing operations decreased by $18 million, or 5 cents per share, to $287 million and 88 cents per share, from the same period in 2015, parent company Edison International reported Monday. Edison’s earnings report said the decrease was mainly due to the timing of revenue recognized in 2015 […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) cited a below-average performance for CB&I AREVA MOX Services, the contractor building the Savannah River Site’s Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF), in awarding the company less than half of the available award fee for work done during fiscal 2015. The information was released after nuclear watchdog SRS Watch filed […]

The Energy Department on Thursday released a draft solicitation for a potentially 10-year cleanup contract at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky, which is now undergoing deactivation by Fluor Federal Services. Fluor’s deal, worth $465 million over three years, runs out July 31, 2017, and DOE is looking for a contractor that could be in […]

The lead parent company for Savannah River Remediation (SRR), the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste contractor, participated last week in a pre-solicitation event attended by parties interested in taking over that work once the current deal expires in June 2017. “AECOM is extremely interested in continuing our success in cleaning up SRS, specifically within the […]

Power company Entergy on Tuesday reported $230 million in consolidated earnings for the first quarter of 2016, down about 23 percent from $298.1 million from the same period in 2015. In a press release, the company, which owns the Vermont Yankee, Pilgrim, and James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plants, in addition to other assets, reported first-quarter […]

North American waste company US Ecology recorded $113.3 million of total revenue for the first quarter of 2016, down from $136.7 million in the same quarter last year, according to the company’s latest earnings report released Thursday. Despite the decline, Chairman and CEO Jeff Feeler during an earnings call Friday described “solid financial results that were […]

Sweden-based nuclear technology company Studsvik’s sales rose by 10.6 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2016, according to the company earnings report Monday. Sales increased from 156.8 Swedish krona (SEK) ($19.4 million) in first-quarter 2015 to 171.6 million SEK ($21.2 million) in the same time span this year, the report shows. According […]

The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has awarded contracts to two BWX Technologies (BWXT) subsidiaries to manufacture naval nuclear reactor parts and fuel, the company announced Wednesday. The subsidiaries, Nuclear Operations Group and Nuclear Fuel Services, received the contracts with options worth a total of approximately $3.1 billion; the former is responsible for the reactor […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Tuesday net sales of $11.7 billion and net earnings of $794 million for the first quarter of 2016. Net sales increased from $10.1 billion in the same quarter of last year, while net earnings dropped from $878 million in that same time period. Overall, Lockheed’s first-quarter financials “exceeded all of our […]

Uncertainty about when the current management and operations contract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory will end could soon be resolved, a senior official said this week. “We are discussing with the lab exactly when we may be transitioning their contract,” Kim Davis Lebak, manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration Field Office at Los […]

The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has awarded contracts to two BWX Technologies (BWXT) subsidiaries to manufacture naval nuclear reactor parts and fuel, the company announced Wednesday. The subsidiaries, Nuclear Operations Group and Nuclear Fuel Services, received the contracts with options worth a total of approximately $3.1 billion; the former is responsible for the reactor […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Tuesday net sales of $11.7 billion and net earnings of $794 million for the first quarter of 2016. Net sales increased from $10.1 billion in the same quarter of last year, while net earnings dropped from the $878 million in that same time period. Overall, Lockheed’s first-quarter financials “exceeded all of […]

The lead parent company for Savannah River Remediation (SRR), the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste contractor, participated last week in a pre-solicitation event attended by parties interested in taking over that work once the current deal expires in June 2017. “AECOM is extremely interested in continuing our success in cleaning up SRS, specifically within the […]

Sweden-based nuclear technology company Studsvik’s sales rose by 10.6 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2016, according to the company earnings report Monday. Sales increased from 156.8 Swedish krona (SEK) ($19.4 million) in first-quarter 2015 to 171.6 million SEK ($21.2 million) in the same time span this year, the report shows. According to […]