Fluor’s nuclear experience goes back to the early days of atomic energy. Starting in 1946, Fluor designed and constructed numerous facilities to support the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission/U.S. Department of Energy. In 1970, Fluor entered the commercial nuclear business by constructing Alabama Power’s Farley Nuclear Plant. During the 1970s and 1980s, Fluor designed three nuclear power plants, constructed 10 nuclear power plants and supported construction on another 10 nuclear units. Over the past five decades Fluor has also provided operating plant support services to 90 U.S. and international nuclear units. In 1992, Fluor began performing nuclear decommissioning and environmental cleanup services at the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear sites.
In 1996, Fluor expanded its nuclear expertise with the award of the management and operations contract at the DOE Hanford Site. Building on this experience, the Fluor partnership was selected to manage operations, including the Savannah River National Laboratory, at DOE’s Savannah River Site. In 2015, Fluor as part of a consortium was selected to manage the operations of the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Recently Fluor was awarded two major design services subcontracts for the design of the balance of plant/services of the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility and the Tritium Finishing Facility at DOE’s Savannah River Site. Fluor has full scope experience in design, construction, operations/maintenance, decommissioning and demolition and environmental remediation for commercial nuclear power plants and government nuclear materials production facilities.
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Fluor Key Personnel
Parntipa Smith, Program Director
Mrs. Smith has twenty-seven years of experience with Fluor, with domestic and international experience on multiple mega projects through the conceptual engineering to construction phases. Her roles include Process Engineer, Material Manager, Project Operations Manager for the Fluor Houston office, and Project Director for both reimbursable and lump sum Engineering, Procurement, and Construction projects. Currently, Parntipa is the Program Director for the NuScale Standard Plant Design Project and Carbon Free Power Project, as well as supporting other efforts taking place under the Fluor Nuclear Power Group and Fluor’s Nuclear Project Services Business Line.
Steven Roth, Construction Director
Steven Roth is a registered professional engineer with more than 32 years of engineering, construction and program management experience working in the nuclear power, energy, chemicals, industrial, infrastructure and governmental industries. Currently, Steven is serving as construction director for the NuScale Small Modular Reactor power generation Standard Plant Design and Carbon Free Power Project development. He has significant experience managing both direct-hire and CM projects in various labor posture environments from project conception through final project execution in the field. Steven has worked on four mega-projects while working with Fluor at varying levels of responsibility including construction director.
Brian Mitchell, Engineering Manager
Brian Mitchell has more than 25 years of domestic and international experience in engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction services for oil, gas, power, chemical, pipeline, onshore, offshore, greenfield, brownfield, and revamp projects across multiple business lines within Fluor. His primary experience has been as project engineering manager for large EPC projects executed across multiple offices and contractors to deliver projects within quality, budget, and schedule expectations. Brian’s project execution experience includes proposal development, feasibility studies, front-end engineering and detailed design. In addition, he has provided fabrication and construction support from the home office as well as the at jobsite. Brian has held positions including manager of engineering for Plant Engineering, structural lead engineer, field structural engineer, and buyer in the material management function. Currently Brian is the engineering director for completion of the NuScale Standard Plant Design and the Carbon Free Power Project, the first project to utilize the NuScale SMR technology.
Frank Dishongh,
President, Fluor’s Nuclear Project Services Business Line
Frank Dishongh is the president of Fluor’s Nuclear Project Services business line, responsible for global operations for project services for EPC execution of NuScale’s small modular reactor nuclear technology. Prior to assuming his current role, Frank was the general manager of Fluor's Houston, Texas, office where he was responsible for daily operations for this office within the Energy Solutions business line.
Since joining the company in 1981, Frank has held various roles. As regional general manager for Fluor’s Middle East operations, he was responsible for all Energy Solutions projects within this region. In addition, he has held roles in project management, engineering management, project controls and construction management for a wide range of project management contractor and engineering, procurement, and construction management projects for refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, wastewater treatment, and manufacturing. These projects have included multiple international locations and assignments in Germany, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Lastly, he has supported the Amsterdam office in operations and in pursuing various business opportunities in Europe, Russia and Azerbaijan. Frank has more than 35 years of experience in the industry and with Fluor.