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A joint venture led by Aptim, a Baton Rouge-based critical infrastructure and environmental services company, has won a $95.5 million Army Corps of Engineers contract to spearhead a six-year effort

Baton Rouge, La., Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aptim Federal Services, LLC (APTIM), a market leader in decommissioning and environmental solutions,...

But in the case where do you have an event where the core overheats, melts, and potentially causes a large radiological release, you do need that containment building to be as structurally intact as possible. so the fact that there are large cracks in it now again doesnt matter unless we have an accident. >> in terms of how this was discovered, as far as i can tell from the narrative that weve got, the press around this and the information thats been released by the company, we know about all of...

That we really didnt have to worry too much about them. but in the case where do you have an event where the core overheats, melts, and potentially causes a large radiological release, you do need that containment building to be as structurally intact as possible. so the fact that there are large cracks in it now again doesnt matter unless we have an accident. >> in terms of how this was discovered, as far as i can tell from the narrative that weve got, the press around this and the information ...

Accidents were so improbable that we really didnt have to worry too much about them. but in the case where do you have an event where the core overheats, melts, and potentially causes a large radiological release, you do need that containment building to be as structurally intact as possible. so the fact that there are large cracks in it now again doesnt matter unless we have an accident. >> in terms of how this was discovered, as far as i can tell from the narrative that weve got, the press aro...

Professor of nuclear engineering and radiological services at the university of michigan joining us. clearly when you take a look at the situation thats happening in japan and you see its now being raised the level here, what kind of threat do you think that poses to the japanese people now? >> i think that rise in the level of severity is an indication of just the extent of the problem. it didnt occur overnight. it takes time to figure out what has happened at the site and reading it at a level...