Cleanup & Remediation

ARLINGTON, VA — The Fluor-led prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is drawing up a “master campus plan” for the 310-square-mile site to present to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The plan, required for NNSA sites, is a major undertaking, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) President and […]

ARLINGTON, VA – Dennis Carr, the president and CEO of the prime contractor for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina says he is not seeking to head the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy, although “if asked I would consider it.” “People keep coming up and asking me that,” Carr told Exchange Monitor Tuesday […]

The Department of Energy has posted the times and coordinates for a pair of February public scoping meetings on soil cleanup plans at the Energy Technology Engineering Center section of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site in Simi Valley, California. An online or virtual meeting regarding a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on cleanup of contaminated […]

The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday endorsed the nomination of Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be secretary of energy by 15-to-5, with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) being one of the five Democrats to vote against the executive. The nominations of both Wright and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to […]

The Department of Energy has posted the times and coordinates for a pair of February public scoping meetings on soil cleanup plans at the Energy Technology Engineering Center section of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site in Simi Valley, California. An online or virtual meeting regarding a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on cleanup of contaminated […]

The Department of Energy will hold two February public hearings, one online and one in person, to address soil cleanup plans at its Energy Technology Engineering Center within the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site in Simi Valley, California. The virtual public scoping meeting is planned for Feb. 6 and an in-person one Feb. 18, the […]

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of energy, pledged Wednesday to support ample Department of Energy funding “to clean up the mess” left at the Hanford Site in Washington state. “I cannot overstate how critical I think it is to finish the job to finish the cleanup at Hanford,” a fracking company chief […]

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 […]

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of energy, pledged Wednesday to support ample Department of Energy funding “to clean up the mess” left at the Hanford Site in Washington state. “I cannot overstate how critical I think it is to finish the job to finish the cleanup at Hanford,” a fracking company chief […]

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 […]

Herman Potter, president of United Steelworkers Local 689 at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, is retiring from both his job with the government’s landlord contractor and his leadership post with the union. “I plan to retire from North Wind Dynamics” on Feb. 2, Potter said in a Jan. 2 letter distributed to […]

The Department of Energy is keeping a watchful eye on the  devastating wildfires sweeping through Southern California, but as of Thursday evening, the blazes had not  reached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, Energy Technology and Engineering Center (ETEC) site at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory “is closely […]

A new report calls for continued pump-and-treat operations, better technology and more cooperation between feds and New Mexico officials to combat a chromium plume at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. That is from the executive summary of the 980-page Independent Review by a panel of 15 experts into the DOE Interim Measures […]

After getting a couple of snow days, employees for Fluor-BWXT, the Department of Energy cleanup contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, were urged to be cautious in returning to work Wednesday, according to a Facebook post. In the Tuesday post, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth said the DOE site was providing help to move employees from the […]

“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss” is a line from “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” a hit song by British rock band, The Who from 1971 —but it also could describe today’s political climate. The Department of Energy and the rest of the U.S. government, is preparing for the second presidential term of […]

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 […]

Unionized guards at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state were preparing to vote Thursday on a proposed new contract with the Leidos-led landlord contractor. After talks continued this week between Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) and Hanford Guards Union (HGU) Local 21, “We are pleased to share that we have a […]

Herman Potter, president of United Steelworkers Local 689 at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, is retiring from both his job with the government’s landlord contractor and his leadership post with the union. “I plan to retire from North Wind Dynamics” on Feb. 2, Potter said in a Jan. 2 letter distributed to […]

After getting a couple of snow days, employees for Fluor-BWXT, the Department of Energy cleanup contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, were urged to be cautious in returning to work Wednesday, according to a Facebook post. In the Tuesday post, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth said the DOE site was providing help to move employees from the […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environment has awarded a three-year contract worth up to $4.5 million to a small Idaho- based consulting company for emergency preparedness training connected to radioactive material shipments. Technical Resources Group, based in Idaho Falls, will provide Environmental Management’s Office of Packaging and Transportation with training to “prepare for a […]

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 environmental cleanup contractor at the Portsmouth Site carried out only essential operations Monday due to a snow emergency in Pike County, Ohio, according to a Facebook post. “Due to Pike County declaring a level three snow emergency Fluor-BWXT at the Department of Energy Portsmouth site is entering limited operations,” according to […]

A new report calls continued pump-and-treat operations, better technology and more cooperation between feds and New Mexico officials to combat a chromium plume at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. That is from the executive summary of the 980-page Independent Review by a panel of 15 experts into the DOE Interim Measures used […]

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 Department of Energy’s environmental and disposal liabilities grew by $11 billion to $545 billion at the end of fiscal 2024, according to a December financial report. That is up about 2% from $534 billion at the end of fiscal 2023, according to DOE’s annual financial report released Dec. 12. “The increase is primarily due […]

The Department of Energy remains on pace for final cleanup of a uranium mill tailings project outside Moab, Utah by 2029, the department said in a Dec. 23 press release. On Dec. 19, DOE celebrated the removal of 15 million tons of radioactive material from the site alongside the Colorado River, leaving only 1 million […]

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 […]

The contractor in charge of converting a byproduct of uranium enrichment into a safer form at old gaseous diffusion plants in Ohio and Kentucky exceeded its targets for fiscal 2024, the Department of Energy said.  DOE recently made public its latest fee scorecards for both that contractor, Mid-America Conversion Services and separate cleanup contractors at […]

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 […]