The U.S. Energy Dept.'s National Nuclear Security Administration will rebid as separate contracts the management and operations of two large-footprint nuclear waste management sites in Texas and Tennessee after canceling a 10-year award made last year, worth up to $28 billion, to a Fluor Corp. and Amentum-led team.
NNSA canceled the contract May 16 for the Pantex site near Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., both hosting nuclear weapons assembly and storage activity, after losing bidders Bechtel and BWXT protested the award in December 2021.