Westinghouse Savannah River Company, WSRC HLW Vendor Forum, P.O. Box 616, Building 730-4B, Aiken, South Carolina 29803

A -- HIGH LEVEL WASTE VENDOR FORUM POC: Brian Aring, Telephone (803) 952-6150. Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) management and operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina, is holding a High Level Waste Vendor Forum on June 13, 1996, to address selected High Level Waste Management processes at SRS which represent opportunities for application of improved state-of-the-art technologies and procedures. Opportunities exist for improvements in the following general areas: tank sampling and probing; unit operation improvement or replacement; processes to recycle or decompose process chemicals; and alternative process to stabilize low level waste. Interested parties should read the abstracts which can be accessed on or after May 16, 1996, via computer modem 24 hours a day on the WSRC Electronic Bulletin Board System and/or by access to the World Wide Web. The High Level Waste Vendor Forum is scheduled for June 13, 1996, at the Augusta Civic Center Exhibit Hall in Augusta, Georgia, starting at 9:00 A.M. EDST. After reading the abstracts, expressions of interest in contributing solutions to the technical challenges described may be mailed to Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Attention: Brian Aring, CPCM, or Thomas Miniard, Ref. WSRC HLW Vendor Forum, P.O. Box 616, Building 730-4B, Aiken, SC 29802 and/or telefaxed to (803) 952-6095. Include in your expression of interest the specific abstract(s) in which you are interested, the number of people to attend, a contact person, address, and telephone number. If required, telephone contact can be made at (803) 952-6150 or 952-6154. Access to Electronic Bulletin Board is through computer via telephone number (803) 952-6064. When signing on to the EBBS, respond as follows: 1) when asked for a first name, respond with Company Name (initials are acceptable); 2) when asked for last name, respond with letter ``A'' followed by your telephone Area Code; 3) when asked for password, respond with company telephone number without area code, dashes, or spaces. Once signed on the first time, please use the same ``name and password'' combination for future contacts. For assistance, call Fred Simmons at (803) 952-6063, For access to Abstracts through the World Wide Web, specifically address as follows: 1)hptt://www.SRS.gov; 2) Get To Know Us; 3) WSRC Procurement Information For Vendors; and 4) Business Opportunities. Program funds are not available at this time, but WSRC anticipates that funding will be made available by fiscal year 1997 for all of the abstracts identified Specific work effort to be awarded after the HLW Vendor Forum, solicitation and proposal evaluation will be awarded only upon full funding of required work effort. This is not a solicitation for a formal contract. This is a request for expressions of interest only. (134)

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