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The government of the United Kingdom on Monday largely stayed mum regarding a report that it might directly take over decommissioning of its shuttered Magnox nuclear sites. Industry sources told the Financial Times that it appeared probable that the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority would establish a subsidiary to manage cleanup of the 10 Magnox power […]

Taxpayers in the United Kingdom are on the hook for up to £122 million in costs associated with a botched contract for decommissioning of the nation’s Magnox nuclear facilities, the U.K. National Audit Office said in a blistering report Wednesday. The government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced in March that the £6.1 billion cleanup contract awarded in 2014 […]

A group comprised of BWX Technologies, Bechtel National, and Honeywell International has won a contract valued at $4.7 billion over 10 years for liquid waste management at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management announced Thursday. Savannah River EcoManagement’s contact features a seven-year base and a three-year option […]

There is some surprise among Department of Energy contractors that the agency has not yet awarded a new contract for liquid waste management at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, an industry source said Wednesday. The major procurements summary from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, as of Aug. 11, projected the new contract would […]

There is some surprise among Department of Energy contractors that the agency has not yet awarded a new contract for liquid waste management at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, an industry source said Wednesday. The major procurements summary from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, as of Aug. 11, projected the new contract would […]

The Energy Department has as of this week been penalized more than $2.37 million by the state of Idaho over the ongoing failure to start operating a liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) was built to process 900,000 gallons of liquid sodium-bearing waste produced during […]

In a 10-9 vote Tuesday, the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) took a stance against the Energy Department facility’s potential receipt of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Germany. The decision, which included two abstentions, will now elevate to DOE headquarters for consideration. The Energy Department three years ago announced potential plans for the […]

The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on Friday said it had filed an official notice of termination for the Cavendish Fluor Partnership’s contract to decommission the nation’s 12 Magnox reactor sites. The contract will now end on Aug. 31, 2019, nine years earlier than planned when it was awarded in 2014. Cavendish Fluor will […]

A major environmental management contract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico is scheduled to expire Saturday, but don’t be surprised if the incumbent cleanup provider receives an extension to wind up an ongoing project. Los Alamos National Security (LANS), the laboratory’s management and operations prime, is at the tail end of […]

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals has ordered the Energy Department to pay an additional $33.2 million to the former prime cleanup contractor for the Idaho Site. The board said CH2M-WG Idaho is entitled to recover more than $27.3 million in incentive fees for work it did on the Idaho Cleanup Project. In addition, the […]

A recent change in how payments are allotted by the Department of Energy is sparking concerns among some of the top contractors carrying out large-scale cleanup projects across the agency’s nuclear complex. The issue was referenced, although not thoroughly explained, by speakers at this month’s DOE National Cleanup Workshop in Alexandria, Va. “[I]n the past […]

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals has ordered the Energy Department to pay an additional $33.2 million to the former prime cleanup contractor for the Idaho Site. The board said CH2M-WG Idaho is entitled to recover more than $27.3 million in incentive fees for work it did on the Idaho Cleanup Project. In addition, the […]

The final paperwork is being filed to declare the Department of Energy’s X-326 building at Portsmouth, Ohio, “cold and dark” and ready for demolition, Robert Edwards, manager of DOE’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, said Wednesday. The cold and dark designation could come in early 2018, Edwards and Dennis Carr, site director for Portsmouth cleanup contractor Fluor-BWXT […]

The final paperwork is being filed to declare the Department of Energy’s X-326 building at Portsmouth, Ohio, “cold and dark” and ready for demolition, Robert Edwards, manager of the DOE Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office, said Wednesday. The cold and dark designation could come in early 2018, Edwards and Dennis Carr, site project director for Portsmouth Site […]

Incumbent Wastren Advantage and nearly 20 other companies sent representatives to the August industry day for the next management and services contract for the Hanford Site’s 222-S analytical laboratory, according to the newly posted attendance sheet. Other attendees were familiar names in the Department of Energy complex, including Westinghouse Government Services, Navarro Research and Engineering, […]

The Energy Department’s Savannah River Site has lost about 900 jobs over the past five years, primarily due to attrition, according to a recent economic impact study. Released late last month, the study – The Savannah River Site: Economic Impact and Workforce Transition – was prepared by the SRS Community Reuse Organization (SRSCRO), a group tasked with working […]

The state of Idaho and the Department of Energy have resolved a $648,000 fine levied for the federal agency’s failure to start operating a liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) was built to process 900,000 gallons of liquid sodium-bearing waste produced during Cold War-era spent […]

Pike County, Ohio, Auditor Erica J. Snodgrass has added her voice to the growing list of opponents of a nuclear waste disposal facility to be built at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site. “I want to see more economic development in Pike County. I want more jobs in Pike County. However, we should pursue these […]

The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) could be just days from awarding a new contract for legacy nuclear cleanup operations at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. A major procurements update from EM, dated Aug. 11, says the contract was due to be issued from June to August of this year. The […]

CH2M said this month it continues to wait on a ruling from the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals regarding a $40.1 million fee the company believes a former joint venture is owed for cleanup at the Energy Department’s Idaho National Laboratory. CH2M-WG Idaho (CWI) was the prime remediation provider at the facility from May 2005 to March 2016, succeeded by […]

Fluor Corp. has posted an online help-wanted advertisement connected to liquid waste management at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The company is not a member of the current liquid waste team at SRS, but is widely believed to have joined with Westinghouse Government Services to bid on the upcoming contract. The job […]

BWX Technologies on Monday reported revenue and income increases in the second quarter at the company-wide level and in the business segment that handles its Department of Energy contracts. Revenue for the Lynchburg, Va., company came in at $410 million, 1.9 percent above the $402 million it collected in the same quarter of 2016, according […]

A key piece of technology at the Department of Energy’s Idaho site has in 100,000 hours of operation compacted over 238,000 containers of transuranic waste. The “supercompactor” at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project compresses the 55-gallon drums into pucks just 5 to 7 inches thick, according to an Aug. 2 press release from site […]

Bad news about power plants, nuclear and otherwise, dominated discussion during Fluor Corp.’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday, shouldering out talk of the company’s work on clearnup of the Energy Deaprtment’s nuclear legacy. That latter work has gone well this year for the company, according to its latest 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fluor […]

Fluor Corp. is scheduled to release its second-quarter earnings numbers after market close on Thursday. A conference call on the latest figures is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EDT, featuring Chairman and CEO David Seaton and Chief Financial Officer Biggs Porter. In the first quarter, Fluor brought it $61 million in net earnings, $0.43 per diluted share, on total […]

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has postponed his scheduled Monday visit to the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said Saturday. “While I’m disappointed that Secretary Perry cannot make it to Piketon on Monday I’m pleased he has indicated that he will reschedule the visit soon,” Portman said in a prepared […]

Montreal-based global engineering company SNC-Lavalin as of Monday is the new owner of British engineering and project manager provider WS Atkins, an increasingly significant player in cleanup of the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear complex. The $3.6 billion (CAN) deal brings the 18,000-employee Atkins, and its $3.5 billion (CAN) in annual revenue, under the SNC-Lavalin […]

The village of Piketon, Ohio, has renewed calls for the Energy Department to cancel a planned nuclear waste disposal facility at the nearby Portsmouth Site, citing a new report that claims the agency plans to build the landfill on fractured bedrock. Piketon Mayor Billy Spencer, who for years has opposed what is officially known as an […]

The Department of Energy has racked up more than $1 million in new penalties from the state of Idaho over the failure to begin operation of a liquid waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory. The total fines levied against DOE and its current and former contractors on the project now stands at just […]

The Department of Energy has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in new penalties from the state of Idaho over the failure to begin operation of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory. The IWTU is intended to process 900,000 gallons of liquid sodium-bearing waste stored in underground tanks at the […]