BNI Awarded Contract to Assist in Construction of Russian Facility That Will Store Fissile Material From Dismantled Nuclear Weapons.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1996--Bechtel has been awarded a contract to provide engineering and construction support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for a complex of buildings that will provide safe storage for the former Soviet Union's stockpile of fissile fis·sile adj. 1. Possible to split. 2. Physics Fissionable, especially by neutrons of all energies. 3. Geology Easily split along close parallel planes. material formerly contained in its nuclear arsenal. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the terms of the contract, Bechtel National Inc. (BNI BNI Business Network International BNI Business Networking International BNI Bank Negara Indonesia BNI Bechtel National, Inc. BNI British Nursing Index BNI Barrow Neurological Institute (Phoenix, AZ) ) will assist in developing the Russian Fissile Material Storage Facility at a site near the Russian city of Oziorsk, about 1,500 miles southeast of Moscow. The project will be a joint effort involving both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Transatlantic Programs Center and the Russian Federation's Ministry of Atomic Energy atomic energy: see nuclear energy. . Bechtel has signed a $2.5 million contract covering the initial year of the project, with four one-year options to follow. The company will serve as design and construction contractor on the assignment, providing support to a Russian contractor in the areas of design, equipment, materials, construction and construction management. Further details regarding the future scope of the contract will be resolved as work progresses. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to be playing a part in facilitating the safe, secure and ecologically sound storage of and eventual destruction of fissile material, derived from nuclear weapons," said BNI President Lee McIntire. "This project is likely to play a significant role in the prevention of further worldwide weapons proliferation, and it is exciting for us to be a participant." Construction at the Oziorsk site has already been started by the Russian construction agent. Once completed the complex will include 21 concrete and masonry buildings. The primary purpose of the Russian facility will be to safely store fissile material from nuclear weapons. Among the structures at the site will be a train unloading building that will serve as a receiving, testing, temporary storage, preparation and assay area. Within the structure, the materials will be moved through various inspection and analysis stages using a series of overhead cranes, conveyors and carts. Ultimately, the material will be moved into adjacent storage buildings. Bechtel National, one of the country's foremost architectural, engineering and construction firms, provides systems engineering, design, construction management and environmental remediation Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a services for nuclear fuel cycle Nuclear fuel cycle The nuclear fuel cycle typically involves the following steps: (1) finding and mining the uranium ore; (2) refining the uranium from other elements; (3) enriching the uranium-235 content to 3–5%; (4) fabricating fuel elements; (5) , defense and space, telecommunications and a variety of other projects. The company has been consistently ranked by "Environmental Business Journal" as the nation's number one environmental contracting and construction firm, as well as the top environmental engineering consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . BNI is one of the Bechtel group of companies, which during 1994, completed work on more than 1,100 projects totaling $7.9 billion. CONTACT: Bechtel National, San Francisco Mike Kidder, 415/768-5902 or Olivia Kress, 415/768-7920 |
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