Dry cask storage

Atlas Awarded Three-Year, $21 Million Contract Extension at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATCX) (“Atlas” or the “Company”), a leading Infrastructure and Environmental solutions provider, announced that it has been awarded a three-year, $21 million contract extension to provide Construction Materials Testing (CMT) on the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATCX) (“Atlas” or the “Company”), a leading Infrastructure and Environmental solutions provider, announced that it has been awarded a three-year, $21 million contract extension to provide Construction Materials Testing (CMT) on the Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory.
  • Under the contract with Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC, which manages the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, Atlas is designated as the Independent Testing Agency ensuring that concrete materials used at the site meet proper Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA-1) standards.
  • “We are honored to build on our 20+ years of experience across a variety of projects at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
  • This contract extension allows us to continue our work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory at INL to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality assets for U.S Government agencies including the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration,” said Atlas CEO, L. Joe Boyer.

Special San Onofre Community Engagement Panel Meeting to Focus on Department of Energy Initiative for Off-Site Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage

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Thursday, February 3, 2022
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The meeting will begin at noon Pacific Time, to accommodate East Coast participants, and take place via Microsoft Teams video conference.

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  • The meeting will begin at noon Pacific Time, to accommodate East Coast participants, and take place via Microsoft Teams video conference.
  • By prioritizing communities and people, we believe we can find a solution to the decades-long stalemate on managing the nations spent nuclear fuel.
  • There are 123 canisters of spent nuclear fuel safely stored at San Onofre, which is located on land leased from the U.S. Navy as part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
  • Until the spent fuel is removed, decommissioning cannot be fully completed and the land restored for return to the Navy.

San Onofre Community Engagement Panel to Discuss Progress Regarding Fuel Transfer Operations

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Thursday, March 21, 2019
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The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel will discuss improvements made to fuel transfer operations at the San Onofre nuclear plant since the Aug. 3 canister-downloading incident during its quarterly meeting March 28 in Laguna Hills.

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  • The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel will discuss improvements made to fuel transfer operations at the San Onofre nuclear plant since the Aug. 3 canister-downloading incident during its quarterly meeting March 28 in Laguna Hills.
  • Fuel transfer operations at San Onofre have been on hold since Aug. 3 when a canister that was being downloaded became wedged near the top of a cavity enclosure container (CEC) on the dry cask storage pad.
  • The commission has scheduled a public webinar for Monday to discuss results from Januarys Predecisional Enforcement Conference and preliminary findings and observations of recent inspections at San Onofre.
  • SCE, majority owner of the San Onofre nuclear plant, announced in June 2013 that it had retired San Onofre Units 2 and 3 and had begun the process to decommission the facility.