Hanford Site

After about four years of talks and 185 public comments, two federal agencies and Washington state have blessed an amended 15-year plan for treating radioactive waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. In a press release, the agencies reiterated they are sticking with the August 2025 deadline for starting to solidify some of the […]

The unionized guards at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state will return to work Sunday after voting Thursday to accept a labor agreement that the Hanford Guards Union says will not address all its concerns. Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) and Hanford Guards Union (HGU) Local 21 “reached agreement on terms […]

While the lockout of union security guards at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state might end this week with imposition of a new agreement by DOE’s Leidos-led landlord contractor, Hanford Guards Union representatives say many labor concerns remain unaddressed. As of Monday, the contractor had not yet issued a date for union […]

The Department of Energy’s landlord contractor at the Hanford Site in Washington state, said late Friday it plans to implement its Dec. 5 “best and final offer” after the Hanford Guards Union Local 21 voted down a contract proposal hours earlier. Also Friday, U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Eastern Washington refused the union’s request […]

The Leidos-led landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state said Dec. 26 it believes contract talks with the Hanford Guards Union have reached an impasse and Local 21 should either accept the company’s final offer, or present a “reasonable counter offer” by Jan. 2. The Hanford Guards Union Local 21 […]

Hanford Guards Union Local 21 has asked a federal district court to issue a temporary restraining order against the Department of Energy and its Leidos-led landlord contractor for the Hanford Site in Washington state, and lift the lockout in place since Nov. 27. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) said contract talks […]

An ammonia leak prompted a take-cover alert Friday for 75 workers around the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to DOE. The ammonia leak was reported by employees about 4:17 p.m. Pacific Time Dec. 20 around a holding tank for the plant, according to a […]

The new BWX Technologies-led contractor that will oversee tank waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state expects to start making job offers to incumbent employees Jan. 6, the joint venture said recently. Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) expects to start extending employment offers to workers now employed by Amentum-led […]

After getting bad marks from the Department of Energy during fiscal 2023 for upkeep of fire suppression systems at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a Leidos-led landlord contractor won 85% of its subjective fee from the feds during fiscal 2024. The improved performance by Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), which only took home 35% […]

Earnings fell at Amentum Holdings, Chantilly, Va., in fiscal 2024, although the company, which consolidated this summer with the government contracting and cyber wings of Jacobs, sees better days ahead with new  contracts entering the pipeline, such as at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington. For the company’s 2024 fiscal year ended Sept. […]

The lockout of unionized guards at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is entering its fourth week with no resolution and both the union and landlord contractor spinning their own narrative on the labor dispute. Earlier this week, Hanford Guards Union Local 21 President Chris Hall issued a statement saying the reliance […]

After getting bad marks from the Department of Energy during fiscal 2023 for upkeep of fire suppression systems at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a Leidos-led landlord contractor won 85% of its subjective fee from the feds during fiscal 2024. The improved performance by Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), which only took home 35% […]

The new BWX Technologies-led contractor that will oversee tank waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state expects to start making job offers to incumbent employees Jan. 6, the joint venture said recently. Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) expects to start extending employment offers to workers now employed by Amentum-led […]

Before government types and contractors around the Department of Energy complex clear out for the winter holidays, many still have items to check off their 2024 to-do lists. Here are a few: Dec. 19: Is the deadline for responses to an Office of Environmental Management request for information on Deactivation and Remediation work at the […]

Members of Hanford Guards Union Local 21 voted down the latest contract proposal Dec. 6 from the landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, as the labor dispute entered a third week. As of Thursday, neither the Hanford Guards Union nor Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) reported much headway in […]

Businesses interested in leasing warehouse space for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state now have until Dec. 30 to formally express interest in a deal with the Leidos-led landlord contractor at the nuclear cleanup site. Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) initially published an online procurement notice Nov. 23 seeking a lease on […]

Members of Hanford Guards Union Local 21 on Friday voted down the latest contract proposal from the landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, both parties said. “We understand the HGU [Hanford Guards Union] vote on our latest offer failed,” a spokesperson from Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) said late […]

Businesses interested in leasing warehouse space for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state now have until Dec. 30 to formally express interest in a deal with the Leidos-led landlord contractor at the nuclear cleanup site. Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) initially published an online procurement notice Nov. 23 seeking a lease on […]

The BWX Technologies-led joint venture assuming responsibility for managing liquid waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has scheduled a couple of employee transition meetings for January. The sessions, announced in a Nov. 20 post on the Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) website, will be set for Jan. 15 […]

The Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons complex has entered fiscal 2025 facing more than a half-trillion dollars in environmental liability, the rising threat of cyber-attack and the need to revive plutonium pit production. Those are a few takeaways in a DOE Office of Inspector General (OIG) management challenges report about the department’s Office of Environmental […]

Locked out for more than a week, Hanford Guards Union Local 21 members were to vote Friday on a new contract with the Department of Energy’s landlord for the Hanford Site in Washington state, a union official said Thursday.. Local 21 President Chris Hall told Exchange Monitor via email the union will vote on a […]

Members of Hanford Guards Union Local 21 want to quickly end a lockout initiated last week by the landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, a union official said Monday. Local 21 President Chris Hall told Exchange Monitor by phone the guards sought to keep working during contract talks with […]

The BWX Technologies-led joint venture assuming responsibility for managing liquid waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has scheduled a couple of employee transition meetings for January. The sessions, announced in a Nov. 20 post on the Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) website, will be set for Jan. 15 […]

Members of the Hanford Guards Union Local 21 spent part of their Thanksgiving weekend picketing outside of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, following expiration of their labor agreement with the Leidos-led landlord contractor. Negotiators for the guards and site landlord, Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) are expected to resume talks Monday […]

When it comes to overseeing billions of dollars’ worth of federal contracts, the Department of Energy, and its two nuclear weapons complex offices, still has work to do, a congressional watchdog agency said in a Thursday report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said DOE, its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its Office of […]

News outlets in Washington state reported Tuesday members of Hanford Guards Union Local 21, which provides an armed protective force for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, would stop work Wednesday before Thanksgiving due to expiration of their labor contract extension. The Tri-City Herald reported the guards’ union members were “locked out” due to expiration […]

The Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford site will begin processing non-radioactive simulant waste in ‘a few weeks,’ a site spokesperson said Monday. The non-radioactive simulant, which is still chemically hazardous, is a stand-in for the liquid radioactive waste the facility was built to solidify, according to the site. Processing the non-radioactive liquid […]

To contain the multibillion-dollar costs of cleaning up contaminated groundwater, the Department of Energy planned to implement recommendations from the Government Accountability Office by April 2027. Candice Trummel, senior advisor for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, informed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the decision in a letter appended to a GAO report released this […]

Feds and state regulators at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state have agreed on new steps to address leaking tanks of radioactive waste, including a new presumed leaker acknowledged in August. The steps include more leak detection and reconsidering the date for emptying a leaky tank. The deal announced this week between […]

To contain the multibillion-dollar costs of cleaning up contaminated groundwater, the Department of Energy planned to implement recommendations from the Government Accountability Office by April 2027. Candice Trummel, senior advisor for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, informed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of the decision in a letter appended to a GAO report released this […]