Cleanup & Remediation

Liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation earned 95 percent of its available award and incentive fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a fee determination scorecard released yesterday. SRR earned $26.8 million in incentive fee and award fee out of a total available $28.5 million in available fee. That includes a $27,092 reduction in fee […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is set to hold its next business forum for interested companies March 4 at DOE headquarters. Those wishing to attend should pre-register by Feb. 26 providing name, title, company name, and citizenship to Carol Ward via e-mail at carol.ward@em.doe.gov. On March 5, EM Deputy Assistant Secretary for […]

The Department of Energy late last week issued an amendment to the Request for Proposals for the new Portsmouth infrastructure support contract that officially moves the proposal due date to Feb. 19. A summary of all of the changes included in the amendment can be found here.   Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/6/2015 A week after announcing that Navarro Research and Engineering is the newest winner of the support services contract for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management, DOE is so far staying quiet as to the basis of its decision. DOE declined to comment late this week on why it […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 In the latest move to address industry concerns over the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, the Department of Energy plans to hold a new round of one-on-one sessions next week with potential bidders. The sessions will be held via teleconference on Feb. 11, according to a DOE notice. […]

Latest in a Series of Assessments Raising Culture Concerns Within Board Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/6/2015 A “divisive and dysfunctional relationship” among the members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board appears to be playing a significant role in the poor morale plaguing the DNFSB staff, according to a new independent report released late last […]

The following interview with Stacy Charboneau, the new Manager of the Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office at Hanford, was conducted last week by ExchangeMonitor Publications Editor-in-Chief Mike Nartker. WC Monitor 2/6/2014 You’re coming on as the RL Manager as Hanford is reaching the end of what DOE has called its ‘2015 Vision’ for the […]

DOE Has Acknowledged Proposed Funding Cut Could Lead to Layoffs Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/6/2015 The Department of Energy’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 funding cut for D&D efforts at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which is set to make workers there worried about the fate of their jobs for another year, is already hurting employee […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Lawmakers and state officials largely saw mixed news this week in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, which seeks to boost tank waste cleanup funds but proposes cuts to many other cleanup efforts across the complex. Hanford’s Office of River Protection saw the […]

New Delay Could Challenge DOE’s Ability to Meet 2017 Commitment Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/6/2015 In a move that appears set to place a key regulatory commitment at the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) site in California in increased jeopardy of being missed, the Department of Energy is again pushing out the schedule for completing […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Hanford support services contractor Mission Support Alliance earned 87 percent of its Fiscal Year 2014 award fee, for a total of $16.5 million in fee earned out of about $19 million total available, according to a fee determination scorecard the Department of Energy released this week. That falls slightly below […]

DOE Reviewing Material Differences Submitted by Contractor Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 About three-and-a-half years into the West Valley cleanup contract, the Department of Energy is still incorporating material differences into the contract to set a final schedule for the demolition of the site’s main plant, DOE this week. Contractor CH2M Hill-B&W West Valley submitted […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Restoration Services, Inc., the environmental technical services contractor at the Portsmouth site, earned 92 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard posted by the Department of Energy this week. The contractor earned $322,828 out of a total available fee of $349,708. RSI achieved […]

DOE to Fine FBP Approx. $250,000 For Data Falsification Incident WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, is facing a proposed fine of almost a quarter-of-a-million dollars from the Department of Energy in connection with a 2013 data falsification incident. Late last week, the DOE Office of […]

SRNS Improperly Destroyed Necessary Waste Canister Records WC Monitor 2/6/2015 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, improperly destroyed thousands of records last year that are required to send canisters of vitrified high-level waste  from the site to an eventual repository, according to a Department of Energy occurrence report. SRNS […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 More investigation is needed to determine if additional radiological contamination exists outside the fence line of the Shallow Land Disposal Area in Armstrong County, Pa., a recent Environmental Protection Agency report said. Following a request from an activist, the EPA went through a trough of documents containing information about […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/6/2015 EnergySolutions was awarded a liquid waste treatment contract at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, the company announced this week. The contract, which includes a base period of two years with two one-year options, calls for the operation of eight wastewater treatment facilities and their supporting infrastructure […]

Portsmouth Environmental Technical Services contractor Restoration Services, Inc., earned 92 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard posted by the Department of Energy yesterday. The contractor earned $322,828 out of a total available fee of $349,708. RSI earned “excellent” ratings in performing project support and control of contract […]

The House Cleanup Caucus is set to hold its first meeting of 2015 next week. The meeting will involve remarks by Co-Chairs Reps. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) and Ben Lujan (D-N.M.) and acting Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney, along with remarks from other lawmakers that represent DOE cleanup sites. The meeting is set […]

EnergySolutions has received a liquid waste treatment contract at the Y-12 National Security Complex, the company announced yesterday. The contract, which includes two base-years with two one-year options, calls for the operation of eight wastewater treatment facilities and their supporting infrastructure systems. The contract’s dollar amount was unavailable. “We are pleased to support Consolidated Nuclear […]

The Department of Energy’s budget request released this week brought “good news and bad news” for Hanford cleanup, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said as she vowed to fight for more funds for the Richland Operations Office. The largest boost for DOE cleanup funding would go to Hanford’s Office of River Protection in the budget proposal, […]

DOE Budget Request Proposes Significant Funding Cut Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/2/2015 Workers at the Portsmouth D&D project may again face the threat of potential layoffs next year, with the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, released today, proposing a significant funding cut for the site. For next year, DOE is seeking approximately […]

Request Proposes Overall Funding Boost for Savannah River Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/2/2015 Several missions at the Savannah River Site’s H-Canyon facility could be significantly impacted next year through the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, released today. For Savannah River cleanup work overall, the request would provide approximately $1.34 billion, an increase […]

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/2/2015 With an overall Fiscal Year 2016 budget request for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management set at $5.82 billion, roughly matching enacted levels, DOE’s  cleanup program is poised to reach “major achievements” in the coming year, acting Assistant EM Secretary Mark Whitney said in a call with reporters […]

Questions for the future of Hanford cleanup remain, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) said after the Department of Energy yesterday released its Fiscal Year 2015 budget request boosting funding for the Office of River Protection but slashing cleanup funding at Richland. ORP saw the largest increase in DOE’s cleanup program, with a $202 million increase over […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/2/2015 The Army Corps of Engineers is requesting $104 million for its formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) in Fiscal Year 2016, according to Corps budget documents released today. The request would marks a $2.5 million increase from the program’s total current funding level of $101.5 million, and a […]

Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, is facing a proposed fine of almost a quarter-of-a-million dollars from the Department of Energy in connection with a 2013 data falsification incident. Late last week, the DOE Office of Enforcement issued FBP a preliminary notice of violation outlining one Severity Level 1 […]

The Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request set for release later today is expected to come in at $5.82 billion for the Office of Environmental Management, with significant budget boosts for the Office of River Protection and Savannah River Site and most other sites seeing cuts, WC Monitor has learned. The FY16 request […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/30/2015 Will the third time be the charm for the Department of Energy’s long-running effort to award a new support services contract for the Office of Legacy Management? That’s the question to be answered in the wake of DOE’s decision late this week to shift course and award the new contract […]

Claims Comes On Top of 2013 USEC Suit for $38 Million Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/30/2015 The United States Enrichment Corporation (now a subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp.) late last week filed suit against the Department of Energy demanding $42.8 million for costs related to pension benefits the company paid to workers at the Portsmouth […]