AIKEN, S.C. (AP) - A partnership that includes Fluor Corp. and
Honeywell International officially becomes manager and operator of
the Savannah River Site.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC says it takes over the Cold
War-era nuclear weapons complex from Washington Savannah River Co. on Friday.

The $800 million contract involves environmental cleanup at the
site near the Georgia state line and research at the Savannah River
National Laboratory.

The partnership also will work on storing and processing plutonium and uranium at the sprawling complex.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will have an option to extend
the contract, which ends in 2012, for an additional five years.

The partnership also includes Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock Co. and subcontractors.

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