Salt Waste Processing Facility

BWX Technologies to Announce First Quarter 2022 Results on Monday, May 9 and Issues Interim Update on Key Initiatives

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) (NYSE: BWXT) will issue a press release detailing first quarter 2022 results on Monday, May 9, 2022, after market close and will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EDT.

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  • BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) (NYSE: BWXT) will issue a press release detailing first quarter 2022 results on Monday, May 9, 2022, after market close and will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
  • All participants should ask to be joined into the BWX Technologies (BWXT) call.
  • A replay of the call will remain available on the BWXT website for a limited time.
  • BWXT also announced today that it has made progress on a number of key initiatives.

Noranda Income Fund Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2021 Results

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Friday, February 25, 2022

TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noranda Income Fund (TSX: NIF.UN) (the Fund) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

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  • TORONTO, Feb. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noranda Income Fund (TSX: NIF.UN) (the Fund) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.
  • Also impacting our fourth quarter results were the high unrealized derivative instrument losses driven by a larger zinc hedge book and sharp zinc price increases late in the quarter.
  • However, our operating efficiency was negatively impacted in the fourth quarter of 2021 mainly by unplanned maintenance events, resulting in lower zinc metal output than anticipated, said Paul Einarson, Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Electrolytic Zinc Limited, Noranda Income Funds Manager.
  • The decrease was a net result of a higher unrealized loss on derivative instruments, higher zinc prices and lower treatment charges in 2021.

Tombstone Exploration Corporation Announces to Start 24/7 Production and Processing of the Fully Completed Heap Leach Operation

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

TMBXF and the Bonanza Mining Corporation have completed six successful pours of gold and silver since starting its Heap Leach Operation in Arizona, July 2021, and work is continuing to build the much bigger operation going into 2022.

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  • TMBXF and the Bonanza Mining Corporation have completed six successful pours of gold and silver since starting its Heap Leach Operation in Arizona, July 2021, and work is continuing to build the much bigger operation going into 2022.
  • Conveyors and dozer have arrived on site, and the remaining equipment is to be transported this week and ready to start.
  • The project totals 2,656 acres and has significant potential for gold and silver production in multiple phases moving forward.
  • Tombstone Exploration Corporation is a gold, silver and copper exploration & mining company based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Amentum Team Awarded $21 Billion Integrated Mission Completion Contract at the Savannah River Site

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Amentum, a leading contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that a team that includes the Company has been awarded the Savannah River Site Integrated Mission Completion Contract at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina.

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  • Amentum, a leading contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that a team that includes the Company has been awarded the Savannah River Site Integrated Mission Completion Contract at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina.
  • The contract was awarded to Savannah River Mission Completion, LLC (SRMC), which is a joint venture led by BWXT Technical Services Group, Inc., and includes Amentum and Fluor Federal Services, Inc.
  • John Vollmer, Chief Executive Officer of Amentum, said, We are pleased to have been awarded this contract.
  • Amentum and our heritage companies have a long history of supporting the DOEs environmental management programs and have managed numerous projects at the Savannah River Site.

Parsons’ Salt Waste Processing Facility Recognized for Project Management Excellence

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Thursday, October 14, 2021

CENTREVILLE, Va., Oct. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) designed, built, and now operated by the company for the Department of Energy (DOE) was recognized by the Project Management Institute as one of three finalists for 2021 project of the year.

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  • CENTREVILLE, Va., Oct. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) announced today that the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) designed, built, and now operated by the company for the Department of Energy (DOE) was recognized by the Project Management Institute as one of three finalists for 2021 project of the year.
  • The PMI Project of the Year Award recognizes large and complex projects that best deliver superior performance of project management practices, superior organizational results, and positive impacts on society for projects greater than $75 million.
  • In 2002, the DOE selected Parsons to design, build, commission, and operate SWPF with the goal of processing 32million gallons of radioactive salt waste stored in underground tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
  • Removing salt waste, which fills over 90% of the tank space in the SRS tank farms, is a major step toward emptying and closing the sites remaining 43 high-level waste tanks.

IBC Awarded Contract to Supply MacroLig® Molecular Recognition Technology™ (MRT™) to Process Radioactive Waste at the Savannah River Site

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Cs is selectively removed and concentrated in the Salt Waste Processing Facility ("SWPF") and sent to the Defense Waste Processing Facility to be stabilized in glass (vitrified).

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  • Cs is selectively removed and concentrated in the Salt Waste Processing Facility ("SWPF") and sent to the Defense Waste Processing Facility to be stabilized in glass (vitrified).
  • IBC, in conjunction with ORNL and other collaborators, was also awarded the U.S. Department of Energy's 2013 Secretary's Honor Award.
  • Treatment of radioactive salt waste at the Savannah River Site is of utmost national urgency and we are especially proud to be part of the team engaged in this activity.
  • The deployment of green, Molecular Recognition Technology allows for the efficient and safe treatment of radioactive waste and promises to ensure the safety and well-being of future generations of Americans."

IBC Awarded Contract to Supply MacroLig® Molecular Recognition Technology™ (MRT™) to Process Radioactive Waste at the Savannah River Site

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Cs is selectively removed and concentrated in the Salt Waste Processing Facility ("SWPF") and sent to the Defense Waste Processing Facility to be stabilized in glass (vitrified).

Key Points: 
  • Cs is selectively removed and concentrated in the Salt Waste Processing Facility ("SWPF") and sent to the Defense Waste Processing Facility to be stabilized in glass (vitrified).
  • IBC, in conjunction with ORNL and other collaborators, was also awarded the U.S. Department of Energy's 2013 Secretary's Honor Award.
  • Treatment of radioactive salt waste at the Savannah River Site is of utmost national urgency and we are especially proud to be part of the team engaged in this activity.
  • The deployment of green, Molecular Recognition Technology allows for the efficient and safe treatment of radioactive waste and promises to ensure the safety and well-being of future generations of Americans."

Parsons’ SWPF Surpasses 1 Million Gallons of Processed Nuclear Waste

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Monday, July 12, 2021

CENTREVILLE, Va., July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Department of Energys (DOE) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) a first-of-a-kind, one-of-a-kind facility that was designed, built, and is being operated by Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has successfully processed more than 1 million gallons of radioactive nuclear waste.

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  • CENTREVILLE, Va., July 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Department of Energys (DOE) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) a first-of-a-kind, one-of-a-kind facility that was designed, built, and is being operated by Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has successfully processed more than 1 million gallons of radioactive nuclear waste.
  • In 2002, the DOE selected Parsons to design, build, commission, and operate SWPF with the goal of processing 32million gallons of radioactive salt waste stored in underground tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
  • Parsons finished building SWPF in April 2016, eightmonths ahead of schedule and more than $65million under the target cost of the contract for construction activities.
  • SWPF operations and the resulting increased treatment capacity delivers immense value to the nation by increasing the efficiency and volume of processed nuclear waste, greatly reducing the time needed to accomplish the nuclear remediation mission.

Parsons Completes Requirements for Operations at Salt Waste Processing Facility

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

CENTREVILLE, Va., Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has completed all necessary steps to begin the treatment of radioactive waste at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) in Aiken, SC.

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  • CENTREVILLE, Va., Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) has completed all necessary steps to begin the treatment of radioactive waste at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) in Aiken, SC.
  • The purpose-built facility from conceptual design to operations is the first of its kind and will process the site's salt wasteat seven to eight times the rate it is being processed today.
  • In 2002, the DOE selected Parsons to design, build, commission and operate SWPF with the goal of processing 31million gallons of radioactive salt waste stored in underground tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
  • Its key mission is to separate and concentrate highly radioactive waste mostly cesium, strontium, actinides and waste slurry from the less-radioactive salt solution."