Hanford Site

The U.S. Energy Department has yet to actually issue its announced six-month extension for the incumbent support services vendor at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Last month, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management signaled it plans to keep Leidos-led Mission Support Alliance (MSA) on the job after its current extension expires Monday. That next extension […]

Bechtel National has failed to sufficiently review the costs of subcontractors supporting construction of the $17 billion Waste Treatment Plant at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to a recent agency audit. Between December 2000 and June 2018, Bechtel paid nearly $2 billion for 392 subcontracts with flexible prices, such as […]

AECOM, the international infrastructure company that is preparing its exit from contracting for the U.S. Energy Department, on Tuesday reported record annual revenue but a net loss for its fiscal 2019. Company-wide revenue of almost $20.2 billion was up 2% from $20.15 billion in fiscal 2018, according to AECOM’s latest earnings report. But the net […]

Strengthened whistleblower protections approved by Congress are now written into most but not all major contracts at the U.S. Energy Department, according to a DOE Office of Inspector General report dated Nov. 4. The office reviewed 30 of DOE’s largest contracts, together worth about $386 billion – or 94% of the agency’s $411 billion in […]

The National Academies committee studying supplemental treatment of low-activity waste at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state is accepting public comments until Nov. 20 on its upcoming report. The comment period was originally scheduled to end Oct. 31. A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel is reviewing a predecisional report […]

The National Academies committee studying supplemental treatment of low-activity waste at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state is accepting public comments until Nov. 20 on its upcoming report. The comment period was originally scheduled to end Oct. 13. A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel is reviewing a predecisional report […]

Strengthened whistleblower protections approved by Congress are now written into most but not all major contracts at the Energy Department, according to a DOE Office of Inspector General report dated Nov. 4. The office reviewed 30 of DOE’s largest contracts, together worth about $386 billion – or 94% of the agency’s $411 billion in current […]

The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it plans to retain a Richland, Wash., firm via a no-bid contract to provide technical expertise on treatment of nuclear tank waste at the Hanford Site. The agency’s Office of River Protection (ORP) plans to issue a sole-source time and materials contract potentially worth $870,000 to Jeffery L. Bird, […]

BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden said Tuesday the U.S. Energy Department should soon issue one multibillion-dollar contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, while another probably won’t arrive until mid-2020. “In the coming weeks we expect to hear about the Hanford Plateau Central Cleanup contract for which we are competing,” Geveden said […]

Washington River Protection Solutions is looking for a subcontractor to fabricate, test, and deliver a replacement melter for low-activity radioactive waste at the Waste Treatment Plant being built at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The AECOM-led contractor, which manages storage of 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste in 117 […]

Unionized metal workers for most major vendors at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state on Wednesday approved a one-year extension to their current labor contracts. The Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council (HAMTC) said in a Facebook post that workers at Mission Support Alliance, Jacobs subsidiary CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation, Veolia, and Washington […]

A Jacobs subsidiary this week is commencing the final phase of tearing down the Plutonium Finishing Plant at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “I am proud to report that our team has safely completed lower-risk demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) Main Processing Facility,” CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation President and CEO […]

The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it plans to retain a Richland, Wash., firm via a no-bid contract to provide technical expertise on treatment of nuclear tank waste at the Hanford Site. The agency’s Office of River Protection (ORP) plans to issue a sole-source time and materials contract potentially worth $870,000 to Jeffery L. Bird, […]

A Jacobs subsidiary this week is commencing the final phase of tearing down the Plutonium Finishing Plant at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “I am proud to report that our team has safely completed lower-risk demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) Main Processing Facility,” CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation President and CEO Ty […]

BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden said Tuesday the U.S. Energy Department should soon issue one multibillion-dollar contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, while another probably won’t land until mid-2020. “In the coming weeks we expect to hear about the Hanford Plateau Central Cleanup contract for which we are competing,” Geveden said […]

Washington River Protection Solutions is looking for a subcontractor to fabricate, test, and deliver a replacement melter for low-activity radioactive waste at the Waste Treatment Plant being built at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The AECOM-led contractor, which manages storage of 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste in 117 underground […]

BWX Technologies is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings before the market opens Tuesday, with the quarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Last time out, the Lynchburg, Va.-based government contractor posted $471 million in revenue for the second quarter, which was 7.4% above than the $439 million for the same […]

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), a longtime supporter of cleaning up the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, said Monday he would not run for re-election in 2020. “So, I will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, nor election to any other office, but instead I will close the public […]

Prospects for timely passage of a full 2020 budget for the Department of Energy and other agencies dimmed a little this week, when most Senate Democrats refused to curtail debate on spending legislation that includes funding for President Donald Trump’s proposed southern border wall. The Senate failed Thursday to invoke cloture on a basket of […]

Leidos on Tuesday reported strong increases in its top and bottom lines in the third quarter, driven by growth across its operating segments and receipt of a payment going back to the 2004 Olympics in Greece. The company also reported record bookings and backlog, tallying $5.2 billion in orders that were nearly double sales that drove […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Tuesday the Department of Energy should provide better documentation of how it manages the payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) program for communities around nuclear facilities. The Energy Department handed out $23 million in PILT revenue to communities near a dozen nuclear laboratory and cleanup sites in fiscal 2017. […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Tuesday the Department of Energy should provide better documentation of how it manages the payments in lieu of taxes (PILT) program for communities around nuclear facilities. The Energy Department handed out $23 million in PILT revenue to communities near a dozen nuclear laboratory and cleanup sites in fiscal 2017. […]

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), a longtime supporter of cleaning up the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, said Monday he would not run for re-election in 2020. “So, I will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, nor election to any other office, but instead I will close the public […]

A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel will hold a day-long data gathering session Thursday in Richland, Wash., on alternatives to vitrifying all low-activity radioactive waste at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The nearly-complete Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) being built by Bechtel National lacks capacity to convert all 56 million […]

Mechanical and industrial contractor Intermech will build a dry storage area for highly radioactive cesium and strontium now stored underwater at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The North Carolina-based company on Oct. 17 received a $5.5 million subcontract from Hanford cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. Construction of the dry […]

Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings has won a 13-month extension to its ongoing research contract for the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The SNC-Lavalin Group subsidiary said Monday it is providing technology support testing for the Hanford Office of River Protection in preparation for vitrification of low-activity radioactive waste at the Waste Treatment […]

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Washington state Department of Ecology on Wednesday kicked off talks they hope will result in a mutually agreeable future plan to address key issues in management of radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site. An Energy Department spokesperson confirmed the talks were underway. “The Department appreciates the discussions […]

Leidos-led Mission Support Alliance (MSA) appears set to remain in place another six months, through May 25, 2020, as the support services contractor at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The department’s Office of Environmental Management cited the timeline in an email sent Monday to employees at the Hanford Site. The current […]

The U.S. Department of Energy and the Washington state Department of Ecology on Wednesday kicked off talks they hope will result in a mutually agreeable future plan to address key issues in management of radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site. While scant details were available at deadline, a DOE spokesperson confirmed the talks were […]

Both AECOM and the investment group planning to buy its government contracting business could call off the deal if it takes too long to complete, according to a recent financial filing. AECOM plans to sell its Management Services business to Maverick Purchaser Sub LLC, a joint venture formed by investment firms American Securities and Lindsay […]