HSE has provided over $10M of services under this contract providing engineering expertise in development, implementation, and execution of total lifecycle systems engineering site-wide planning and programming for physical plant property. To date, HSE has completed over 60 task orders from planning functional and operational requirements to conceptual designs with cost estimates and schedules. The BOA scope supports Digital Transformation initiatives with tasks such as problem definition and mission needs analysis, system architecture development, functional and requirements engineering analysis, risk management, validation analysis, alternatives evaluation, configuration management, DOORS implementation and support, RAM-C/life cycle analysis support, decision making/verification analysis, and more.

HSE provided cost and resource loaded scheduling services to support Sandia National Laboratories in its Annular Core Research Reactor fuel element recladding project. This included evaluation of alternative technologies/sites for complicated nuclear processes, options to supply materials, and estimates for the total cost of facilities necessary to complete the project.

HSE provides comprehensive design/construction support for infrastructure modernization and upgrades, which includes system repairs, power distribution system expansions, site grading, utility services, and road resurfacing and upgrades for municipal turnover. Additional efforts under this contract include life extension assessments for nuclear facilities including the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center, providing recommendations for mission extension and supporting new missions with upgrades totaling over $85 million.

AAC conducted a value engineering study that identified alternative methods to accomplish a given function, evaluated the alternatives using weighting criteria, performed comparative analysis, and developed a final recommendation for stakeholders to consider for conceptual/detailed design using a total lifecycle system engineering approach for reducing costs.

MST designed and fabricated an indirect heating system and gasket cooling skid for the Enriched Uranium Electro-Refining Project at Y-12 National Security Complex. The system included an NFPA 86 Class C compliant salt bath heater and a water-cooling skid for glovebox interface and protection. Three units were delivered under an ASME NQA-1 compliant quality program. The system interfaces with an electro-refining glovebox and protects against temperatures up to 600°C (1100°F), supporting safety-related operations within a Category 2 nuclear facility.

MST is noted for the design, testing, and fabrication of microwave melting and casting furnaces. MST was awarded a contract to design a full-scale prototype enriched uranium microwave melting and casting furnace, which in production would be used as the heart of Y-12’s $6.5B Uranium Processing Facility. The design required integration with an argon purged glovebox. The system is capable of melting multiple kilogram quantities of enriched uranium then casting uranium weapons components. It was commissioned in a high-bay facility in 2018 and continues to demonstrate its capabilities in yielding heretofore not achieved low-contaminate uranium castings for machining.