DOE and USEC Aim To Complete Paducah Turnover By Oct. 1

The Department of Energy and USEC are aiming to complete turnover of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant by Oct. 1, meaning the new deactivation contract will need to be awarded in the next week in order to meet the 90-day transition period in the request for task proposals. Last week USEC and DOE signed an agreement for the delease of Paducah, according to a USEC financial filing posted Friday. The Oct. 1 date is conditioned upon “DOE’s new deactivation contractor at Paducah completing mobilization and being ready to take control of the entire leased areas, including the ability to safely and securely manage the leased areas following their return to DOE,” the filing states. It also depends on sufficient funding being appropriated for the deactivation contractor, and USEC complying with lease turnover requirements. “To the extent these conditions have not been satisfied by October 1, the return of the leased areas will be completed as quickly as possible after October 1, 2014, on a date mutually agreed to,” according to the filing.