Platts - Friday, March 25, 2005 
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NRC rejects license renewal application for Beaver Valley

Washington (Platts)--24Mar2005

NRC rejected today FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.'s (Fenoc)license renewal
application for Beaver Valley, finding Fenoc did not provide a high-quality
submittal. NRC staff found there was incomplete and incorrect information in
the Feb. 15 application. This was the first time the staff found an
application that was not in a condition acceptable to start a formal review.
One NRC official said there were "pervasive" quality issues in the submittal.
The staff has asked the company to let the agency know within 30 days what
course of action it will take. Fenoc is seeking a 20-year extension for Beaver
Valley-1 and -2, whose licenses expire Jan. 29, 2016 and May 27, 2027,
respectively. Fenoc received an exemption from NRC regulations in May 2002
allowing it to file a renewal application for unit 2 with more than 20 years
left on the operating license term. Separately, NRC is considering Fenoc's
request for an 8% uprate of the plant.

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CH2M-WGI wins $2.9-billion DOE cleanup contract

Washington (Platts)--23Mar2005

DOE has awarded a 6.5-year, $2.9-billion contract to CH2M Hill and Washington
Group Idaho (CH2M-WGI) for the cleanup of the department's Idaho site. Energy
Secretary Samuel Bodman today announced the contract, which will run through
September 2012. The contract specifically states that the 2,600 employees now
employed by the cleanup program at Idaho National Laboratory will be offered
employment by CH2M-WGI. The contractor team's responsibilities include
treatment and disposal of radioactive waste; spent fuel management; retrieval,
disposal and other remediation related to buried waste; and disposition of
reactor and non-reactor nuclear facilities. CH2M-WGI will begin assuming some
contract duties May 1.

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