The Mercury Treatment Facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, which is about to become the responsibility of the site’s Amentum-led prime, is 50% complete, a DOE spokesperson said Friday.
The DOE Office of Environmental Management spokesperson replied to an Exchange Monitor inquiry on the current status of the project. The DOE officially announced Friday it is turning over project completion to United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), a joint venture of Amentum, Jacobs and Honeywell.
Earlier last week, DOE confirmed it was not extending a $128-million construction contract reached in 2018 with a joint venture of APTIM and North Wind Group. The APTIM-North Wind team said Friday it is supporting the transition of the remaining construction to UCOR. The incumbent contract is scheduled to expire around Christmas Day.
The treatment system is meant to curb mercury levels in the East Fork Poplar Creek and expedite large-scale cleanup of mercury-laden buildings at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge.
Once operational, the Mercury Treatment Facility is supposed to treat up to 3,000 gallons of water per minute and includes a two-million-gallon storage tank to collect stormwater, DOE said.
