ARSEC Environmental will perform the work under its Master Task Order Agreements (MTOA) contract from LANS for projects at LANL.  This is the second task order for field work awarded to ARSEC Environmental by LANS under the MTOA funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). In the previous task order, ARSEC is performing hazardous abatement, removing materials from the same cluster of DP West buildings, in which the team will now perform D&D.

“ARSEC recognizes the historical significance of the TA-21 facilities and is proud to have been awarded another ARRA funded contract at LANL,” said Danny Coleman, ARSEC/ARS CEO.  “We are pleased to be retaining current employees as well as creating new jobs in the Northern New Mexico area.”

This ARRA funded task order will retain approximately six jobs and create an additional eight jobs, including technical and field support personnel. Led by ARSEC Program Manager Steve Shirley, this task order will be supported by subcontractors Weston Solutions, providing field technical/engineering services, and Keers Remediation, providing asbestos and lead abatement.

Under the MTOA, the task orders are partially funded by the ARRA and contain a maximum capacity of $100M.  Awarded in August, 2009, the four awarded companies bid competitively for a variety of Remedial Action (RA) / D&D services at LANL.

TA-21 is located east of downtown Los Alamos, New Mexico, on Delta Prime (DP) Mesa. Constructed in 1944 and 1945, the original facilities at TA-21 were used for Plutonium purification operations. DP Mesa is divided into two separate areas. LANL transferred plutonium purification and recovery operations to the DP West facility 1945.  DP West was used for production-scale uranium and plutonium processing until 1977.

About ARSEC Environmental, LLC                                                                                 ARSEC Environmental, LLC is an LLC that is wholly owned by ARS International, Inc.

About ARS International                                                                                          American Radiation Services Inc. dba ARS International is an 8(a) Native American/Veteran owned Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) specializing in environmental services.  Since its inception in 1993 ARS has provided services to the U.S DOE, DOD, USACE, and commercial industries in the form of hazardous material remediation, laboratory analysis, and construction/demolition services.  For more information please visit our website at www.amrad.com   

About Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and the Washington Division of URS for the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.  Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns. www.lanl.gov

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