DOE awards contracts for nationwide LLW and MLLW services
https://www.ans.org/news/2025-08-29/article-7331/doe-awards-contracts-for-nationwide-llw-and-mllw-services/
this basically pays them to prepare and send in bids for LLW/MLLW work in the 5-year period, even if they never win a single bid. business safety net