Fluor Becomes First U.S. Corporation to Donate $10,000 to SUNRISE

Business Wire,  March 23, 2007  

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AIKEN, S.C. -- Long-time South Carolina business, Fluor Corporation, contributed $10,000 to the Aiken, S.C.-based Southeast Universities Nuclear Reactors Institute for Science and Education (SUNRISE) Consortium becoming a full industry member of the organization. Other members include universities such as Georgia Tech, University of South Carolina, Virginia Tech, University of Tennessee, North Carolina State, Mississippi State, and University of Florida. Associate members include S.C. State and the Economic Development Partnership.

SUNRISE has recently incorporated as a Section 501(c)(3) not for profit organization to support the advancement of nuclear education in the southeastern U.S. Specifically, SUNRISE is organized and will be operated to enhance the quality of nuclear education and research and other services in the region for the purpose of supporting the development of the next-generation nuclear workforce, nuclear technology, and advanced nuclear research.

Mel Buckner, chairman of SUNRISE, said, "I am excited and grateful for Fluor's support in this new endeavor. Fluor joining SUNRISE as a full member shows their leadership and dedication in the nuclear industry."

"Fluor has a well-known corporate history and long tradition of supporting worthy causes in South Carolina," said Ken Smith, Senior Vice President of Fluor's environmental & nuclear business. "As we see the nuclear industry evolving yet again, we want to make sure those students in the region have access to the best knowledge about the nuclear industry."

Fluor came to South Carolina in 1934 with five employees. Now 74 years later, Fluor has completed more than 1,250 projects in South Carolina and Georgia worth over $15 billion. Fluor Corporation is one of the world's largest publicly held engineering and construction firms. Fluor Corporation and its employees, through its philanthropic arm, the Fluor Foundation, have donated more than $115 million (US) globally along with tens of thousand of volunteer hours to socially responsible causes.

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