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The U.S. Dept of Energy is returning to the drawing board on how to improve management of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, located 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. And that upgrade could entail changing contractors.
The joint venture of Bechtel SAIC, won the five-year, $3.1 billion sitemanagement contract on Feb. 12, 2001 and that agreement expires in March. Industry sources say the DOE is planning to rebid the contract, adding that competing teams are now beginning to develop.
A Bechtel spokesman says the DOE has not decided whether to renew, but claims that it has met all of its performance requirements. The joint-venture, however, has yet to receive 100 percent of its...