Parsons Awarded Two DOE Advanced Technology Development Contracts for Radioactive Waste Cleanup.PASADENA, Calif. -- Parsons has been retained by the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop two advanced technologies that could potentially reduce cleanup costs and increase the safety and efficiency of radioactive waste treatment and disposal. The two technologies, Continuous Sludge Leaching (CSL (Computerese as a Second Language) Said of people who love to speak high-tech words even though they often use them erroneously. See TLA. 1. CSL - Computer Structure Language. A computer hardware description language, written in BCPL. ) and Near Tank Cesium cesium (sē`zēəm) [Lat.,=bluish gray], a metallic chemical element; symbol Cs; at. no. 55; at. wt. 132.9054; m.p. 28.4°C;; b.p. 669.3°C;; sp. gr. 1.873 at 20°C;; valence +1. Removal (NTCR), would significantly increase the throughput and efficiency of the DOE's Waste Treatment Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington, and the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site is a nuclear materials processing center in the United States state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barwnell Counties adjacent to the Savannah River 25 miles from Augusta, Georgia. It is operated for the U.S. in South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. . "Both CSL and NTCR are promising process technologies that could significantly reduce the cost and time required to treat and dispose of the cold war legacy radioactive liquid wastes in storage at Hanford and Savannah River," stated Tom Roell, Parsons Group President. "Parsons is proud to be retained by the DOE to develop advanced technologies for treating these legacy cold war wastes." The work will be completed in two phases. During Phase 1, Parsons and Battelle's Pacific Northwest Division (PNWD PNWD Pacific Northwest Division ) will develop the design and prepare detailed cost and schedule estimates for Phase 2 testing. If awarded a Phase 2 contract, Parsons will fabricate the system hardware and, with Battelle's PNWD, conduct pilot-scale testing of the CSL and NTCR processes. "Parsons nuclear waste process design and system fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. specialists in Aiken, South Carolina Aiken is a city in Aiken County, South Carolina and is part of the CSRA. The population was 25,337 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Aiken CountyGR6, and is the site of the University of South Carolina at Aiken. , and Pasco, Washington, along with our team partner, Battelle's PNWD, are eager to begin design development and testing to optimize the CSL and NTCR technologies," said Gug Sresty, Senior Vice President responsible for Parsons' DOE-related services. "We are confident that these new technologies will prove to be effective in treating radioactive liquid wastes, and that they can be modularized mod·u·lar·ized adj. Having or made up of modules: modularized housing. and made ready for in-field deployment in a short period of time." In total, the DOE received 39 proposals of which 12 were selected. The estimated cumulative value of these 12 six-month, fixed-price contracts is $3.3 million, approximately $300,000 per contract. Parsons, celebrating more than 60 years of setting industry standards, is a leader in many diversified markets such as nuclear and specialty systems, homeland security, planning, facilities, transportation, infrastructure, industrial processes, communications, water, environmental and advanced technology. Parsons provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide as well as federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit us at www.parsons.com. |
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