PROJECTS
Idaho Closure Project
The Idaho Closure Project (ICP) is a multi-year cleanup effort involving decommissioning and dismantlement of over 200 excess environmental management facilities at the DOE’s site in Idaho Falls, ID. The scope includes D&D of three reactors, management of spent nuclear fuel, treatment and disposal of sodium-bearing waste, disposal of all tank farm facility waste tanks, and remediation of the Subsurface Disposal Area at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex.
Within months of its formation, Ascendent, LLC was awarded two multi-year contracts to provide Administrative, Engineering, Professional, and Technical Support Services and Nuclear and Criticality Safety Analysis Support to the prime contractor, CH2M WG Idaho, LLC (CWI), for the ICP. In 2009, the scope was expanded to include work funded under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more commonly known as the federal stimulus program.
Nuclear and Criticality Safety Analysis Support
In December 2005, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a 7-year sole source Blanket Master Task contract to provide nuclear and criticality safety analysis support for the ICP. Ascendent, LLC has teamed with other well-established companies to supplement our own strengths to provide additional depth and breadth of resource capabilities.
Administrative, Engineering, Professional,and Technical Support Services
In June, 2006, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a five year Blanket Master Task Agreement to provide Administrative,Engineering, Professional, and Technical support services to CWI. The contract includes a one-year base period, with 4 one-year options. To support this contract, Ascendent, LLC has teamed with four highly-qualified companies who bring additional broad-based expertise and capabilities enabling Ascendent, LLC to address every type of administrative, engineering, professional, and technical support that may be requested or needed by CWI.
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Hanford River Corridor Closure Project, (RCCP)
The scope of the River Corridor Cleanup Project involves D&D of several areas of the Hanford site including: 100 Area, where materials for nuclear reactors were created at nine plutonium production reactors; 300 Area, where uranium was fabricated and laboratory facilities reside; 400 Area, where facilities, except for the Fast Flux Test Facility, will be demolished; and 600 Area, where two complex and highly radioactive burial grounds are located. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2012 at a cost of $1.9 billion.
Engineering Support Services
In April 2006, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a 7-year Blanket Master Agreement to provide engineering staff augmentation support services to Washington Closure Hanford, LLC (WCH) and their subcontractors supporting the performance of the Hanford River Corridor Cleanup Project (RCCP).
Ascendent, LLC has teamed with other diverse, well-established companies to augment our own strengths and capabilities to
provide additional depth and breadth of resource capabilities.
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MOX Project
The scope of the MOX Project includes the design, construction, and operation of the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). The MOX facility will convert nuclear weapons based highly enriched uranium and plutonium into low-enriched nuclear reactor fuel. This design, construct, and operate activity requires obtaining NRC licensing and necessary Federal, State, and Local operating permits; supplying commercial grade nuclear fuel for mission reactors; safeguarding plutonium dioxide powder feedstock and fresh MOX fuel; and ultimately deactivating the facility.
Administrative, Engineering, Professional, and Technical Support Services
In November, 2006 Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC (MOX Services) awarded Ascendent, LLC a Basic Ordering Agreement to provide Professional, Technical and Administrative support services for the MOX Project. The contract includes a two-year base period and 3 one-year options. The design and construction of the MOX Project phases are expected to be completed in 2013. On May 23, 2008 Shaw Areva MOX Services, LLC and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) signed an agreement implementing construction of the MOX Facility. Through this agreement, valued at nearly $2.7 billion, the DOE exercised the construction option that was included in the design contract signed in 1999. The agreement's scope includes the actual construction of the main MOX facility and all support facilities; cold start-up of the MOX plant; and continued support of Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing activities associated with the project.
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Plateau Remediation Project
The scope of the Hanford Plateau Remediation Contract (PRC) is to advance the cleanup of the central portion of the Hanford Site, known as the 200 Area or the Central Plateau. The scope 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 multi-year prime contract is valued at $4.5 billion over ten years (five-year base period with five year option).
In April 2008, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a contract with CH2MHILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH-PRC) to support the Hanford Plateau Remediation Project with technical and management resources. Ascendent, LLC provided technical and management support during transition in 2008, and will provide management and technical resources for a broad range of project needs in such areas as engineering, design, licensing & regulatory, nuclear safety, safety analysis, D&D operations, environmental, and administrative. In 2009, the scope was expanded to include work funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more commonly known as the federal stimulus program.
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Bechtel-SAIC Yucca Mountain
In September 2008, Ascendent, LLC was awarded a three year contract by Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC to provide Engineering & Licensing and Nuclear Safety support for the Yucca Mountain Project. The scope of the Yucca Mountain project includes management and operation and support to DOE for extensive studies of the Yucca Mountain geology, hydrology and climate. The Ascendent, LLC contract includes staff augmentation support in the engineering and design disciplines, with particular emphasis on structural engineers, nuclear engineers, mechanical engineers (stress analysis and finite element analysis), HVAC designers and engineers, and radiological engineers.
Due to cuts in federal spending, work on this project has been temporarily halted.
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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 to support management and operation of the DOE Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. Under this contract, Ascendent will perform nuclear safety analysis, nuclear criticality safety analysis, hazards analysis, unreviewed safety question (USQ) screening and evaluation, develop documented safety analyses, develop technical safety requirements and perform safety assessments. Under a prime contract with DOE, SRNS is responsible for three key mission areas at SRS: environmental cleanup, operation of the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) activities.Ascendent staff will support all of these mission areas.
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