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EnergySolutions Completes Acquisition of Duratek.


SALT LAKE CITY -- EnergySolutions announced today that it has completed the transaction to acquire Duratek, Inc., a leading company in the nuclear services.

"This is a great day for EnergySolutions," said Steve Creamer, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of EnergySolutions. "I want to thank Bob Prince (CEO of Duratek) for building a great company that provides so many valuable services."

EnergySolutions was created earlier this year to accommodate the merger of four key industry leaders - Envirocare of Utah, BNG BNG Bangladesh
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 America, the D&D division of Scientech, and Duratek. "This transaction complements the other acquisitions we have made this year and helps us fulfill our mission to be the finest nuclear services company in the world," Creamer said.

EnergySolutions now offers customers a full range of integrated services and solutions, including characterization, decommissioning Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from operational status. Some specific instances include:
  • Ship decommissioning
See also:
, decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc.

de·con·tam·i·na·tion
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, site closure, transportation, nuclear materials management and the safe, secure disposition of nuclear waste. EnergySolutions also provides services that support uranium conversion and enrichment, fuel fabrication, nuclear reactor operations, spent fuel management and storage, reprocessing and HLW HLW Herz Lungen Wiederbelebung (German: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
HLW High Level Waste
HLW High Low Water (same as LW neaps) 
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"For over 20 years, our predecessor companies have been committed to providing innovative solutions, quality service and strong results for our customers and partners," Creamer said. "We will use the increased breadth and depth of our resources to meet customers' needs across the nation and around the world and to invest in the new technologies the nuclear industry requires for the 21st Century," added Creamer.

For more information please contact Mark Walker at 801-649-2194 or visit www.EnergySolutions.com
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