S.M. Stoller to Upgrade Treatment Plant System in Texas

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today its subsidiary The S.M. Stoller Corp. was awarded a $2 million contract by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, for upgrades to a pump and treatment system at the National Nuclear Security Administration/Department of Energy Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.

The contract covers 300 days of work Stoller will do to upgrade a system that extracts and treats contaminated groundwater.

The Pantex Plant is charged with maintaining the safety, security and effectiveness of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. Work done at the site includes nuclear weapons dismantlement; the development, testing and fabrication of high explosive components; and interim storage and surveillance of plutonium pits.

"Stoller has provided environmental services at the Pantex Plant for more than 15 years," said Pete Diakun, Newport News Shipbuilding's vice president, energy programs. "We are very pleased to have this opportunity to continue to support the site and to be a part of this community."

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