Tetra Tech Team Wins NNSA Nonproliferation Program Contract.Joins SES-TECH Global Solutions, a Joint Small Business Venture with Sealaska Environmental Services The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, PASADENA, Calif. -- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TTEK) announced today that it is part of a team led by SES-TECH Global Solutions of Bellevue, Washington Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[1] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. , that was selected to support the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA National Nurses Society on Addictions NNSA Norfolk Naval Sailing Association NNSA Native Nations Sustainable Alliance (Phoenix, Arizona) ) under the Design, Integration, Construction, Communication, and Engineering (DICCE) small business set-aside contracts. The team will share in the $700 million contract ceiling over the next seven years. The DICCE contracts are part of the NNSA Second Line of Defense program's collaboration to provide radiation detection systems for partner countries in order to deter, detect, and interdict interdict (ĭn`tərdĭkt), ecclesiastical censure notably used in the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the Middle Ages. When a parish, state, or nation is placed under the interdict no public church ceremony may take place, only certain illicit trafficking of nuclear and radiological materials. The SES-TECH Global Solutions team will install radiation detection equipment and accompanying communication systems at land border crossings, seaports, and airports. The DICCE contracts potentially encompass more than 270 sites in 30 countries. Tetra Tech has previously provided engineering design, construction, and installation support to the NNSA Second Line of Defense program under two other contracts in the past five years. About the National Nuclear Security Administration (www.nnsa.energy.gov) NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear testing Nuclear tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have staged tests of them. ; works to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or ; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion Noun 1. nuclear propulsion - the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets) propulsion - a propelling force ; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the United States and abroad. About Tetra Tech (www.tetratech.com) Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services. With approximately 8,500 associates located in the United States and internationally, the Company supports commercial and government clients in the areas of resource management and infrastructure. Tetra Tech's services include research and development, applied science and technology, engineering design, program management, construction management, construction, and operations and maintenance. Any statements made in this release that are not based on historical fact are forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements made in this release represent management's best judgment as to what may occur in the future. However, Tetra Tech's actual outcome and results are not guaranteed and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions ("Future Factors"), and may differ materially from what is expressed. For a description of Future Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, see the discussion under the section "Risk Factors" included in the Company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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