It's always good to know where our money goes and what we're up to so here are a couple of little articles from this morning's (10/2/09) local rag. And of course I wonder how many of us even know we've had 33 million gallons of radioactive salt waste stored somewhere. Not me.
PASADENA
Parsons completes facility foundation
Parsons Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the foundation of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River site in Aiken, South Carolina.
The facility is essential to disposing of approximately 33 million gallons of radioactive salt waste stored at the site, vitrifying radioactive liquid waste at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, and closing SRS tank farms.
The foundation is a highly critical portion of the facility, designed to enable the structure to withstand natural disasters, including a powerful earthquake. Concrete pouring began in January and continued until this month
"Parsons is proud to work with the DOE on this important program," said Tom Roell, current president of Parsons Infrastructure & Technology Group who took on the newly created position of group executive for operations and risk.
WASHINGTON
Northrop gets $3.8B Air Force deal
Northrop Grumman Corp. beat out rival Boeing Co. for a $3.8 billion deal to provide logistics services for the KC-10, a fleet of aerial refueling tankers, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
U.S. plane maker Boeing, based in Chicago, builds the KC-10 and currently holds the current service contract for the plane, which is set to expire in January.
A Boeing spokesman was not immediately available to comment.
Pasadena Star-News 10/2/09
Source: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13463418
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