SSC termination will be lengthy and expensive

Journal Article · Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Chemical and Engineering News; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v072n040.p022· OSTI ID:7276552

Hanson, D

Closing down the huge Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) is going to take a lot of time and money. Congress gave the Department of Energy $640 million to begin the shutdown in fiscal 1994, and DOE is asking for another $180 million next year. In the meantime, Energy Secretary Hazel R. O'Leary has come up with a termination plan for the project that will guide the department's activities. Much of the expense associated with terminating the SSC project involves closing out the many contracts the department has for building and supplying the site. Other major parts of the termination will be the environmental restoration and asset closeout, and the benefits provided for the SSC's employees. Two things still unresolved are the settlement DOE must make with Texas for the state's investment in the project and deciding what will be done with the facilities already there.

• OSTI ID: 7276552
• Journal Information: Chemical and Engineering News; (United States), Vol. 72:11; ISSN 0009-2347
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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