May 29, 2014

USACE AWARDS STURGIS DECOMMISSIONING CONTRACT TO CB&I

By ExchangeMonitor

The Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District announced the awarding of a contract to CB&I Federal Services for the decommissioning of an Army ship nuclear reactor. The contract, worth approximately $37.7 million, calls for the dismantlement of the MH-1A nuclear reactor currently installed on the STURGIS barge, which is stored at the James River Reserve Fleet at Joint Base Langley in Eustis, Va., after going through a de-fueling, decontamination, and sealing process. “The STURGIS will be relocated in September 2014 to Galveston, Texas for decommissioning,” the Corps’ release said. “After the contractor removes the residual radioactive waste materials, the remaining portions of the STURGIS barge will be transported to Brownsville, Texas for disposal or recycling as scrap using standard ship breaking methods.” Before the MH-1A reactor shut down in 1976, it generated electricity for both military and civilian use. The Corps estimates the decommissioning will take four years.

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