URS Bests Field in Huge U.K. Nuke Plant Decommission Job
A team led by URS Corp.'s Washington division, the former Boise-based contractor Washington Group International, is on the verge of winning one of the biggest environmental cleanup contracts of the year.
The team is set to win a contract worth an estimated $2.6-billion annually to decommission the U.K's main nuclear fuel plant at Sellafield, in Cumbria inn northern England. Its team, Nuclear Management Partners Ltd., was chosen July 11 as "preferred bidder" for the contract. Team members also include AMEC plc and French nuclear technology firm AREVA.