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Exhibit 99.1

Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)

        The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Duratek, Inc. (the "Company"), each hereby certifies that, to his knowledge on the date hereof:

(a)

the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2002 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and



(b)

information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/  ROBERT E. PRINCE Robert E. Prince
Chief Executive Officer
March 28, 2003

/s/  ROBERT F. SHAWVER Robert F. Shawver
Chief Financial Officer
March 28, 2003

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Exhibit 99.1

Written Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350)