NNSA selects Bechtel-led team to manage Y-12/Pantex facilities

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has selected Bechtel-led team to manage and operate two of the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities within nuclear security enterprise.

Under the contract, the Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), a team comprising Bechtel National, Lockheed Martin, ATK, and SOC, will manage and operate the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.

The five-year contract, which includes options based on performance, can be extended up to additional five years.

Bechtel also provides management and operations for NNSA at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which are the US government’s research and development institutions.

The company has also led integration efforts projects focused on national security, environmental stewardship, and nuclear power.

CNS president and CEO Jim Haynes said that the company will work with Lockheed, ATK, and SOC to carry out this work in support of NNSA.

"We are committed to delivering our work to the highest standards of safety, security, and efficiency," Haynes added.

Pantex provides assembly and dis-assembly operations, while Y-12 reduces the global threat posed by nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

Y-12 also focuses on the uranium processing and storage as well as development of technologies associated with those activities.