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| Fluor announced completion of Fernald cleanup Fluor Corporation announced that Fluor Fernald, the contractor responsible for the environmental cleanup and restoration of the 1,050-acre former Fernald uranium production plant, presented the United States Department of Energy (DOE) with its declaration of physical completion on October 29, 2006. The DOE owns the site, which played a critical role in the U.S. nuclear weapons program, and is now reviewing the submittal to validate the reasonableness of Fluor Fernald's declaration. Contamination from the Fernald uranium foundry and machining operations first made national headlines in the mid-1980s. Initial plans to tackle the cleanup came with a steep price tag. A 1992 government report forecast a projected completion date in 2019 at a cost of $12.2 billion. The announced completion reduces some 12 years off that schedule with a final cleanup cost for activities performed under Fluor's scope of work totaling approximately $4.4 billion. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |