Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA), of New Mexico, said Tuesday it has secured a contract to build a groundwater treatment system for the site of the onetime uranium processing plant at Fernald, Ohio.
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management completed remediation of the site more than a decade ago, shifting 1,050 acres to the Office of Legacy Management in 2006. It is now the Fernald Preserve, and remains under environmental monitoring, oversight and maintenance, and other measures.
The new fixed-price contract calls for teardown of present parts of the groundwater treatment system, constructing “a smaller groundwater treatment train,” updating electrical and control components for 16 extraction wells, and delivering the system’s instrumentation and controls, according to a LATA press release.
The press release did not offer additional details of the contract, including its value and the period of work.
LATA is conducting the work as a subcontractor to Navarro, which has designed and will operate the groundwater treatment system as part under its broader management and support contract with the Office of Legacy Management.
