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NEWSAscendent Receives 5-Year Contract from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions On September 3, 2009, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a 5-year Indefinite Quantity contract by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) to provide nuclear safety and criticality safety staff augmentation support, and to perform defined nuclear and criticality safety tasks , in support of the management and operation of the DOE Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. Under this contract Ascendent will perform nuclear safety analysis and nuclear criticality safety analysis, conduct hazards analysis, conduct unreviewed safety question (USQ) screening and evaluation, develop documented safety analyses, develop technical safety requirements and perform safety assessments. The SRNS management and operating Prime Contract with DOE includes three key mission areas: environmental cleanup, operation of the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) activities. Environmental cleanup activities include management of spent nuclear fuel, nuclear materials, and non high-level radioactive waste; deactivation and decommissioning of excess facilities; and remediation of soil and groundwater. In support of the DOE national security and non-proliferation programs, the NNSA activities include operation of the tritium facilities, completion of the plutonium disposition program, and disposition of highly enriched uranium. The contract includes operation of SRNL which supports departmental environmental cleanup, energy security, and national security missions. Ascendent will provide support for all of these site mission areas.
Ascendent to Open Southeastern Office in Aiken, SC In an effort to more effectively support contracts at the Savannah River Site and throughout the Southeast, Ascendent, LLC has opened a new office in Aiken, SC. The new office will give us better capability to serve existing contracts at the Savannah River site, and more quickly and efficiently respond to new staffing needs funded by the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Ascendent, LLC currently employs over 70 personnel at the Savannah River Site, many of whom are local residents. The new office will enhance our capability to support our own staff and our clients, as well as build an even stronger Southeastern work force. The new office is located at 6260 Woodside Executive Court, Building G, on Silver Bluff Road. The office will be managed by Dave Culberson, Vice President of Eastern Operations, and supported by Ascendent’s central operations office in Johnson City, TN. A grand opening celebration is planned.
Ascendent Announces New VP of Western Operations Mr. Eric Clements has joined Ascendent, LLC as Vice President for Western Operations. Mr. Clements has 29 years experience in the nuclear industry. He formerly served as Manager of DOE Operations for AECOM Services, where
Ascendent Receives ARRA Funding The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is an economic stimulus package enacted by the Congress and signed into law by the President on February 17, 2009. The Act is intended to provide a stimulus to the U.S. economy in the wake of the economic downturn. ARRA is funded at approximately $787 billion, and includes federal tax cuts, expansion of unemployment benefits and other social welfare provisions, and domestic spending in education, health care, and infrastructure, including the energy sector. As a leading provider of technical resources for Hanford Remediation projects, the Idaho National Laboratory cleanup effort, and the Savannah River Site operations and management mission, Ascendent has received additional contracts for work funded by the ARRA. The Hanford site alone is expected to receive $1.96 billion for accelerated environmental cleanup work, and is expected to create or retain about 4,000 jobs over three years. Ascendent participated in the ARRA Job Fair hosted by CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) in April of this year, and now employs over 50 individuals at the site, many of whom are supporting the ARRA effort. Similarly, the Idaho National Laboratory site and the Savannah River Site will be receiving significant ARRA funding (approximately $1 billion and $1.6 billion respectively) for accelerated cleanup work. Many of the new ARRA jobs will be filled by contractors, and as a leading provider of staff augmentation resources, Ascendent, LLC continues to hire new employees to support these efforts.
Ascendent Receives Contract to Support Bechtel-SAIC for Yucca Mountain Ascendent Receives Contract to Support Hanford PRC On April 25, 2008, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a 10-year, (5-year base-period with 5-year option) Shared Resource Agreement to provide technical and management services to CH2MHILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH-PRC), the prime contractor to DOE for the cleanup of the central portion of the Hanford site (Central Plateau). The scope of the PRC contract includes completion of the Plutonium Finishing Plant project; characterization of facilities and waste sites; disposal activities related to non-tank farm waste; environmental surveillance and maintenance; groundwater monitoring and remediation; environmental remediation; and development of documents for regulatory and other decisions covering groundwater, soil, and facilities. The 90-day transition period to the new contractor began on August 1, 2008. Ascendent is also providing resources for transition. The PRC is the second of three major contracts for cleanup at the Hanford Site in 2008 as part of the Central Plateau acquisition strategy. The 586-square-mile Hanford Site in Southeastern Washington State played a pivotal role in the nation’s defense for more than 40 years, beginning in the 1940s with the Manhattan Project. Formerly a plutonium production complex with nine nuclear reactors and associated processing facilities, Hanford is today engaged in the world’s largest environmental cleanup project. More information is available from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and from the Hanford Site. Ascendent Receives U.S. Small Business Administration Award Ascendent, LLC has been providing Administrative, Engineering, Professional, and Technical Support Services and Nuclear and Criticality Safety Analysis Support to CH2M WG Idaho, LLC (CWI) for the Idaho Cleanup Project since June 2006. Ascendent, LLC’s outstanding performance on this project resulted in being nominated for the Small Business of the Year Award. On April 23, 2007, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) presented Ascendent, LLC with the Administrators Award for Excellence in recognition of “…outstanding contribution and service to the nation by a small business in satisfying the needs of the Federal procurement system”. |
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he was responsible for directing all DOE, Department of Defense (DoD), and Commercial Nuclear and Non-Nuclear operations involving Architect/Engineering (A/E) needs, as well as requirements pertaining to A/E applications. Mr. Clements’ technical expertise includes nuclear facility design, engineering, start-up and hot operations, waste management and waste processing. Mr. Clements assumed the new position with Ascendent, LLC in April 2009. In this role he is responsible for managing the company’s existing contracts at the Hanford site and at the Idaho National Lab, as well as developing new business opportunities in the Western U.S. operations territory. Dave Culberson, formerly Vice President of Operations, assumes the new role of Vice President, Eastern Operations. Together Mr. Culberson and Mr. Clements will continue to implement Ascendent’s customer-first business philosophy, which emphasizes personal relationships with clients to better understand and anticipate their business needs.
