Kurion Announces Cimarron Water Treatment Contract

Kurion has received a contract to design a water treatment system for the decommissioning of the Cimarron fuel fabrication facility located near Guthrie, Okla., the company announced yesterday. As part of the project, Kurion will leverage its Ion Specific Media technology to remove radioactive contaminants from groundwater, like the process the company is using at the Fukushima-Daiichi cleanup site. Simliar to Fukushima, Kurion plans to develop a system with a modular approach so it can move in and out of the existing facilities at the Cimarron site. “Kurion’s modular, skid-based systems dramatically change the cost structure and treatment schedule for nuclear waste remediation,” Kurion CEO Bill Gallo said in a statement. “This approach has proven to be effective at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in a radioactive environment – this experience gives us a technological edge over the largest players in nuclear waste management.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Kurion did say it envisions the system after going through design, fabrication, and testing phases to run for about 10 years.