Cleanup & Remediation

The landlord contractor for the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., has agreed to pay roughly $5 million to settle Justice Department litigation alleging the company “fraudulently overcharged” the Department of Energy for hours not actually worked over many years. Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) must pay the feds roughly $3.45 million — including $1.73 […]

The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office and its cleanup contractor will update stakeholders on storm water runoff issues Wednesday starting at 2 p.m. Mountain Time. Specifically, DOE and contractor Newport News Nuclear-BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) will discuss the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s storm water individual permit. The permit is issued through […]

The Department of Energy’s projected cost for cleaning up the radioactive waste legacy of the Cold War and Manhattan Project continues to mount, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report made public this week. “As of May 2025, EM [DOE’s Office of Environmental Management] estimated that the remaining cleanup work at all its […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  March:  04: Hearing: House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony from secretaries from different arms of the military on energy, environment and installations at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time on Capitol Hill. 05: Hearing: House Armed Services Committee will hear from Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary […]

The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Advisory Board is being discontinued after 30 years, the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) said Tuesday. Members of the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) were recently informed that DOE during the second Donald Trump administration has decided “to sunset the board,” ECA said in a member email Tuesday. The EMAB […]

The Department of Energy’s Hanford Field Office has asked Washington state for a permit change that could enable the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) to process up to 20% more tank waste. The feds said in a Wednesday press release they want to use grout to solidify some of the secondary waste generated at […]

A long-running lawsuit brought by an employee over implementation of a federal contractor’s COVID-19 vaccination policy at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has ended just months before a planned jury trial. A Jan. 30 filing with the federal district court in Knoxville, Tenn., indicate plaintiff Jeff Bilyeu and employer UT-Battelle, which runs Oak […]

The Department of Energy is reviewing responses to a draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Legacy Cleanup Contract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The deadline for responding to the draft RFP was Thursday Feb. 26. The DOE Office of Environmental Management plans to eventually issue a final RFP to continue legacy remediation at […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said this week it is hiring an executive to help industrial redevelopment at DOE nuclear sites. In a Monday post on LinkedIn, Environmental Management head Tim Walsh said the nuclear cleanup office has appointed Jim Kahler, who Walsh described as a “seasoned adviser and strategist.” Kahler will […]

A Department of Energy contractor has demolished a 175-foot-tall K West Reactor exhaust stack at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., DOE said Friday Feb. 20. Last week’s implosion of the exhaust stack marks another big step by Amentum-led contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company towards cocooning the last of nine Hanford reactors being placed into […]

The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Advisory Board is being discontinued after 30 years, the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) said Tuesday. Members of the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) were recently informed that DOE during the second Donald Trump administration has decided “to sunset the board,” ECA said in a member email Tuesday. The EMAB […]

A Department of Energy contractor has demolished a 175-foot-tall K West Reactor exhaust stack at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., DOE said Friday Feb. 20. Last week’s implosion of the exhaust stack marks another big step by Amentum-led contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Company towards cocooning the last of nine Hanford reactors being placed into […]

The Department of Energy is seeking responses to a draft request for proposals (RFP) for the Legacy Cleanup Contract at the Los Alamos National Laboratory by Thursday Feb. 26. The DOE Office of Environmental Management plans to eventually issue a final RFP to continue legacy remediation at Los Alamos. The business is now held by […]

A long-running lawsuit brought by an employee over implementation of a federal contractor’s COVID-19 vaccination policy at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has ended just months before a planned jury trial. A Jan. 30 filing with the federal district court in Knoxville, Tenn., indicate plaintiff Jeff Bilyeu and employer UT-Battelle, which runs Oak […]

Two Washington state lawmakers have introduced legislation that requests the governor pursue the Department of Energy’s state nuclear lifecycle campus inquiry. The bill, House Joint Memorial 4016, was initiated by state Reps. Stephanie Barnard (R) and Mark Klicker (R) on Feb. 14.   The two lawmakers represent districts not far from DOE’s largest nuclear cleanup site […]

This month the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, began tearing down a half-dozen homes in the Cades Cove neighborhood of Florissant, Mo., as part of the ongoing cleanup along Coldwater Creek. The work is part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) that targets legacy contamination from the early atomic […]

This month the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, began tearing down a half-dozen homes in the Cades Cove neighborhood of Florissant, Mo., as part of the ongoing cleanup along Coldwater Creek. The work is part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) that targets legacy contamination from the early atomic […]

The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office said this week it is making solid progress on taking down a pair of old Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program prototype facilities at the Idaho National Laboratory. In a Tuesday press release, the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) said it is tearing down 1960s era structures around the […]

Earnings fell at Centrus Energy, Bethesda, Md., in the fourth quarter, which the uranium broker attributed to the decreased revenue from its uranium sector.  Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $17.8 million, or $0.79 a share, down from $53.7 million, or $3.20 a share, in the year-ago quarter. Quarterly revenue was […]

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is taking enforcement action against the Department of Energy, saying DOE has failed to prioritize legacy nuclear cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a Wednesday press release, NMED said it was issuing orders to hold DOE “accountable” for footdragging in moving old defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste from […]

William (Ike) White who led the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management for five years has been appointed to the advisory board for the Department of Energy alumni network. White’s appointment, along with two other advisory board members, was announced in a Friday LinkedIn post by the DOE alumni network, an organization formed in […]

Triad National Security is looking to buy a better instrument for taking gamma measurements of transuranic (TRU) waste drums ultimately expected to end up at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. Triad, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) prime contractor for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is seeking something […]

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is taking enforcement action against the Department of Energy, saying DOE has failed to prioritize legacy nuclear cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a Wednesday press release, NMED said it was issuing orders to hold DOE “accountable” for foot-dragging in moving old defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste from […]

Work crews at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky have removed and cut up nearly 500 large components, known as converters, from the C-333 Process Building, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said this week. Work crews recently completed the “segmentation” of all 497 converters from the C-333 facility, DOE’s nuclear cleanup office said […]

Work crews at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky have removed and cut up nearly 500 large components, known as converters, from the C-333 Process Building, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said this week. Work crews recently completed the “segmentation” of all 497 converters from the C-333 facility, DOE’s nuclear cleanup office said […]

Triad National Security is looking to buy a better instrument for taking gamma measurements of transuranic (TRU) waste drums ultimately expected to end up at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. Triad, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) prime contractor for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, is seeking something […]

The Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., has a six-person cyber threat response in place since 2023 charged with searching for signs of trouble across more than 10,000 connected devices at the federal complex, DOE said last week. Hanford’s Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team, formed by Hanford’s Leidos-led landlord contractor Hanford […]

Work crews are cutting trees and clearing land to prepare for construction of two modern uranium enrichment projects at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky, DOE said last week. About 100 acres of land are being cleared at Paducah to make way or an enrichment plant planned by California-based nuclear technology startup, General […]

William (Ike) White who led the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management for five years has been appointed to the advisory board for the Department of Energy alumni network. White’s appointment, along with two other advisory board members, was announced in a Friday LinkedIn post by the DOE alumni network, an organization formed in […]

The Department of Energy said Wednesday it will resume uranium recovery operations at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, utilizing the H-Canyon facility. The uranium recovery work will help recover key isotopes that are currently hard to obtain in the United States and support scientific research as well as medical applications and commercial uses, […]