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DOE Extends Contract to Operate Depleted DUF6

DOE Extends Contract to Operate Depleted DUF6
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Sep. 29, 2016 | PADUCAH, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Sep. 29, 2016 | 11:13 AM | PADUCAH, KY
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management Thursday announced it is extending its contract for Operations of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Facilities at Paducah and Portsmouth, Ohio for a period of up to four months. 
 
The DOE says the contract period for the current contractor, BWXT Conversion Services LLC, had been scheduled to expire on Sept. 30.  The contract was previously extended non-competitively for a period of nine months to accommodate the competitive procurement process for a new DUF6 Operations contract and to avoid interruption of services. This additional non-competitive contract extension, valued at approximately $35.8 million, is intended to accommodate DOE's transition to the new contract without interruptions of ongoing services, according to the DOE. 
 
Ongoing services currently performed by BWCS that will continue during the four-month contract extension include operating the DUF6 conversion facilities, and continuing cylinder surveillance and maintenance for the DUF6 inventory and conversion facilities, among other services. 
 
The DUF6 conversion plants were designed and constructed to convert DOE's inventory of more than 700,000 metric tons of DUF6 left over from decades of uranium enrichment at DOE's gaseous diffusion plants to a more stable uranium oxide form for beneficial reuse or disposal. 
 


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