NorthStar and MARS team to dismantle defueled ex-Enterprise in Mobile
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Two companies have teamed up to compete for a Navy contract to dismantle the former USS Enterprise <\/em>(now known as the ex-Enterprise<\/em>), the world\u2019s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.<\/a><\/p>\n NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services, LLC, a subsidiary of NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar) and Modern American Recycling and Radiological Services, LLC (MARRS), a subsidiary of Modern American Recycling Services (MARS) aim to dismantle and dispose of decommissioned Navy nuclear aircraft carriers at the Port of Mobile, Ala., starting with the ex-Enterprise<\/em>. The team plans to perform these operations at the MARS Deepwater <\/a>facility in Mobile.<\/p>\n NorthStar has extensive experience decommissioning U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)-regulated facilities. MARS\u2019 ship recycling and decommissioning specialists have a demonstrated capability that includes being a lead participant in the 2020-2021 effort to salvage and recycle the car carrier MV Golden Ray<\/em><\/a> following its capsizing and total loss. <\/p>\n The NorthStar\/MARS team will initially compete to win the ex-Enterprise project. In an August 2023 Record of Decision, the Navy announced that it would utilize a novel commercial dismantlement approach for the ex-Enterprise<\/em>, with the NRC providing additional oversight of the successful contractor\u2019s compliance with NRC standards for radiological work.<\/p>\n NorthStar has successfully pioneered nuclear decommissioning approaches under NRC supervision with its ongoing, on-budget, ahead-of-schedule work at the former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station in Vernon, Vt., and is also currently leading decommissioning work at Duke Energy\u2019s Crystal River 3 nuclear complex, in Citrus County, Fla., and the GE Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Vallecitos, Calif., having previously completed several safe decommissionings of Department of Energy and university research reactors.<\/p>\n \u201cWorking with MARS, the most experienced maritime recycler in the U.S., competitively positions NorthStar for the opportunity to dismantle the ex-Enterprise,\u201d said Scott E. State, P.E., CEO of NorthStar. \u201cWe look forward to applying our well-honed commercial industry practices to this first-of-a-kind project and look forward to a long relationship with MARS and the Mobile community.\u201d<\/p>\n The post NorthStar and MARS team to dismantle defueled ex-Enterprise in Mobile<\/a> appeared first on Marine Log<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n