Cleanup & Remediation

The U.S. Energy Department Office of Inspector General (IG) is urging management at the Hanford Site in Washington state to provide more clarity and standardization in its recordkeeping for employee radiation dose. Greater use of standard forms and clearer lines of authority would better ensure that accurate employee histories of radiation dosage are kept, according […]

Constellis, the Reston, Va.-based parent of U.S. Energy Department contractor Centerra Group, has reached a “forbearance agreement” with certain creditors in order to get some leeway on loan repayment while it works to shore up its balance sheet. “Constellis recently closed on a $110 million delayed-draw credit facility provided by a subset of its existing […]

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruled Jan. 9 that a labor union representing security guards at the Waste Treatment Plant under construction at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site is not entitled to see the contract under which they are employed. The NLRB ruling finds that Waste Treatment Security Guards Union 161 holds no legal […]

An entity called Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor filed a bid protest Monday with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) against the Department of Energy’s award last month of a $4 billion contract for support services at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The Energy Department on Dec. 5 issued the potential 10-year contract to […]

The U.S. Justice Department’s civil fraud case against an Energy Department contractor at the Hanford Site in Washington state is going forward, but a federal judge Monday dismissed “kickback” allegations against a former Mission Support Alliance president. Federal attorneys last February brought the case against defendants Mission Support Alliance (MSA), Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin […]

An employee of the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington state is giving up her federal job after admitting to conducting an unauthorized tour for a political candidate. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said in a Thursday press release the DOE staffer admitted violating the Hatch Act and relinquished her post Jan. 4 […]

The U.S. Energy Department’s Fernald Preserve in Ohio, a former Superfund site, has been honored for reuse by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “The Fernald site has come full circle with restoration, creating one of the largest man-made wetlands in Ohio,” said DOE’s Office of Legacy Management Deputy Manager Peter O’Konski, during a November […]

The U.S. Energy Department Office of Inspector General (IG) is urging management at the Hanford Site in Washington state to provide more clarity and standardization in its recordkeeping for employee radiation dose. Greater use of standard forms and clearer lines of authority would better ensure that accurate employee histories of radiation dosage are kept, according […]

Constellis, the Reston, Va.-based parent of U.S. Energy Department contractor Centerra Group, has reached a “forbearance agreement” with certain creditors in order to get some leeway on loan repayment while it works to shore up its balance sheet. “Constellis recently closed on a $110 million delayed-draw credit facility provided by a subset of its existing […]

An entity called Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor filed a bid protest Monday with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) seeking to the Department of Energy’s award last month of a $4 billion contract for support services at the Hanford Site in Washington state. The Energy Department on Dec. 5 issued the potential 10-year contract […]

Jackie Quintyne, a Chicago native with 19 years of conference planning experience, has been named conference manager for the Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix. The annual WM Symposia in March is the largest international conference for the management of radioactive material and related topics. It provides a forum for discussing cost-effective and environmentally responsible solutions […]

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday that a labor union representing security guards at the Waste Treatment Plant under construction at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site is not entitled to see the contract under which they are employed. The NLRB ruling finds that Waste Treatment Security Guards Union 161 holds no legal right […]

The new technical support services contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) has received its formal notice to proceed with the transition from its predecessors. The formal notice to proceed was issued to Pro2Serve subsidiary Enterprise Technical Assistance Services (E-TAS) on Jan. 6, a DOE spokesperson said in a Friday email. […]

The U.S. Energy Depart expects within 15 to 60 days to issue a solicitation for a new Paducah Infrastructure Support Services contract to replace the deal now held by Swift & Staley. The timeline set in the Friday notice would mean the request for proposals should be out by early March. The procurement will be […]

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management posted an updated organization chart last month that lists Thomas Mooney as the new chief of staff. Sources said in December that Mooney, a former U.S. Department of Defense senior manager, was becoming the new chief of staff at the environmental cleanup office although the Energy […]

The Washington state Department of Ecology is making good on last month’s threat to fine the U.S. Department of Energy $1 million for denial of access to certain records for the Hanford Site. The state announced the fine Monday after DOE appealed Ecology’s Dec. 5 ruling finding Hanford officials are wrongly withholding information. The appeal […]

Due to the similarity between two lawsuits filed by local residents near the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, only one will go forward, a federal court ruled last week. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers in the Southern District of Ohio ruled Jan. 3 that a case filed by plaintiffs led by Ray Pritchard […]

The AECOM-Jacobs joint venture in charge of decontamination and decommissioning at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee earned about 97% of its potential fee for its cleanup work in the last half of fiscal 2019. URS/CH2M Hill Oak Ridge (UCOR) won almost $20.4 million out of a potential $21 million for the period […]

Paramilitary security contractor Centerra won 97% or about $3.17 million out of a potential $3.26 million fee for protecting the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina during the second half of fiscal 2019, which ended Sept. 30. That’s according to a scorecard released by DOE over the winter holidays for Centerra-Savannah River Site. […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says New Mexico-based Strategic Management Solutions Inc. (SMSI) failed to provide hard evidence Enterprise Technical Assistance Services (E-TAS) should not have won a $137 million technical services contract for Energy Department’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office due to a conflict of interest. It is not enough to infer that Oak Ridge, […]

The Jacobs-led joint venture in charge of remediating the West Valley Demonstration Project Site in New York won $322,000 or 69% of a potential fee of $467,000 during a six-month period in 2019. The U.S. Department of Energy recently issued the scorecard for CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley LLC (CHBWV) for the period from March […]

The Energy Department has extended the current task order for contractor CDM to continue work on environmental reports at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County, California through June 30. The CDM agreement with the DOE Office of Environmental Management would have expired Dec. 31 without the extension, which raises the current $33 million […]

Debriefings got underway this week on major Energy Department contracts issued in December for the Hanford Site in Washington state, a source said Thursday. Debriefs were held in Richland, Wash., on the potential 10-year, $4 billion support services contract announced Dec. 5 for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), a joint venture comprised of Leidos, Centerra, […]

Due to the similarity between two lawsuits filed by local residents near the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, only one will go forward, a federal court ruled last week. U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Preston Deavers in the Southern District of Ohio ruled Jan. 3 that a case filed by plaintiffs led by Ray Pritchard […]

AECOM’s former executive vice president and chief legal officer, Carla Christofferson, has been named chief risk officer for DXC Technology, a global information systems and cybersecurity company. The Northern Virginia-based DXC Technology announced Christofferson’s hiring in a Tuesday press release. Christofferson will advise DXC President and CEO Mike Salvino on emerging risks. “The management of […]

Paramilitary security contractor Centerra won 97% or about $3.17 million out of a potential $3.26 million fee for protecting the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina during the second half of fiscal 2019, which ended Sept. 30. That’s according to a scorecard released by DOE over the winter holidays for Centerra-Savannah River Site. […]

Contractor URS/CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) won 97% or almost $20.4 million out of a potential $21 million fee for the period from April 1 through Sept. 30, 2019. The initial version of the article in the Monday Weapons Complex Morning Briefing listed only the subjective part of the Energy Department fee award.

The Jacobs-led joint venture in charge of remediating the West Valley Demonstration Project Site in New York won $322,000 or 69% of a potential fee of $467,000 during a six-month period in 2019. The U.S. Department of Energy recently issued the scorecard for CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley LLC (CHBWV) for the period from March […]

The Washington state Department of Ecology is making good on last month’s threat to fine the U.S. Department of Energy $1 million for denial of access to certain records for the Hanford Site. The state announced the fine Monday after DOE appealed Ecology’s Dec. 5 ruling finding Hanford officials are wrongly withholding information. The appeal […]

The Energy Department has extended the current task order for contractor CDM to continue work on environmental reports at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Ventura County, California through June 30. The CDM agreement with the DOE Office of Environmental Management would have expired Dec. 31 without the extension, which raises the current $33 million […]