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Article: United States: Contract awarded in MOX construction project.
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- October 8, 2009
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Missouri-based Alberici Constructors Inc. has won a subcontract to build part of a $4.86 billion mixed oxide fuel facility at Savannah River Site, which will convert surplus weapon-grade plutonium into fuel for nuclear power plants.
Alberici received a $44 million contract from Shaw AREVA MOX Services LLC, which is under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy s National Nuclear Security Administration to design and construct the plant, known as the MOX plant.
Alberici s portion of the project includes constructing the upper floors of a 500,000-square-foot concrete building where mixed oxide fuel will be manufactured. ...