Doe Exercises Five Year Option On Washington Tru Solutions Contract to Operate Wipp

U.S. Newswire › January 18, 2005

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it has decided to exercise the five year option in the Washington TRU Solutions LLC ("WTS") contract to continue managing and operating the Department's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), located in New Mexico.

The option DOE exercised is a part of the WIPP contract that was competitively procured in 2000. The WTS contract will now run through September 30, 2010 with an estimated value over the five year timeframe of approximately $704 million.

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Doe Exercises Five Year Option On Washington Tru Solutions Contract to Operate Wipp

"We are very pleased to take this step," said Kyle McSlarrow, D...

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