Cleanup & Remediation

Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/10/2014 CH2M Hill has been selected as the “most highly qualified” contractor in the procurement for design of the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts project at the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The project will address about 2,000 cubic meters of remote-handled transuranic waste sludge and associated supernate. DOE is seeking […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/10/2014 Companies interested in competing for the Department of Energy’s new Paducah infrastructure support services contract currently have until Nov. 20 to submit bids, according to a final Request for Proposals issued this week. Among the changes in the final RFP from a draft issued this summer, according to DOE, is […]

Former Hanford Occupational Med. Doctor Agrees to Monitoring WC Monitor 10/10/2014 A former Hanford occupational medicine doctor has agreed to be monitored by the Washington State Department of Health for 30 months after prescribing painkillers to a dancer he met at an adult club. Dr. Steven Angerbauer, 61, also agreed to pay a $1,500 fine […]

Idaho Regulator Cites CWI for Five Violations WC Monitor 10/10/2014 The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality cited Idaho Cleanup Project contractor CH2M-WG Idaho for five violations last month and is considering levying a small fine for the non-compliances, according to CWI. The violations involve failing to remove a damaged Accelerated Retrieval Project-V containment pan from […]

DOE Releases Sources Sought for West Valley Technical Assistance Contract WC Monitor 10/10/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a sources sought notice for a potential new small business contract to provide technical assistance to the West Valley Demonstration Project. The market research effort is open to small businesses with a size standard of […]

WC Monitor 10/10/2014 IN DOE Liz Sherwood-Randall, the Department of Energy’s new deputy secretary, will participate in a town hall meeting with Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz for DOE employees on Oct. 15 at 1:00 p.m. at DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C. Sherwood-Randall began her DOE tenure earlier this week, replacing former Deputy Secretary Dan […]

The Department of Energy yesterday released a sources sought notice for a potential new small business contract to provide technical assistance to the West Valley Demonstration Project. The market research effort is open to small businesses with a size standard of $15 million and responses are due Oct. 21. According to the sources sought synopsis, […]

While contractors have made management changes in connection with the current shutdown of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the federal government doesn’t plan to follow suit, according to acting Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney. In response to a truck fire and radiological release at WIPP earlier this year, URS moved the former […]

The Department of Energy plans to take a new look later this year at the safety culture at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant after a previous assessment found that concerns persist as to whether workers can safely raise concerns despite years of efforts to make improvements. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz outlined DOE’s new plan […]

Liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation has named Mark Schmitz as its new chief operating officer, the company announced yesterday. He has 33 years of nuclear experience and has worked on a wide range of projects at the Savannah River Site. He most recently was SRR’s Director of Nuclear and High Hazard Operations, responsible for […]

The Department of Energy late yesterday issued a final Request for Proposals for the new Paducah infrastructure support services contract. The contract is being set-aside for small businesses, with a size standard of $38.5 million. According to DOE, the new contract is estimated to be worth between $100-180 million, and is set to run for […]

CH2M Hill has been selected as the “most highly qualified” contractor in the procurement for the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts project at the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The project will address about 2,000 cubic meters of remote-handled transuranic waste sludge and associated supernate. DOE is seeking the design and construction of a test […]

North Wind Group has named Jason Winkler as the company’s new western region business development manager. “In his new role at North Wind Winkler will support each of the corporation’s six subsidiaries and be responsible for marketing and business development across the western United States,” according to a company release. Winkler comes to North Wind […]

Months of talks between the Department of Energy and the state of Washington over how to amend a 2010 consent decree that governs the cleanup of Hanford’s tank waste appear to have been unsuccessful, and now the matter is heading to a federal court. Late last week, the state of Washington, along with Oregon, filed […]

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board on Tuesday will hear from Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, National Nuclear Security Administration Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon and Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney. The meeting will be the third in series of five meetings the Board plans to hold on the topic of safety […]

Staff Reports WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The state of Washington has agreed to give the Department of Energy 18 more months to start emptying waste from the Hanford double-shell tank with a leaking inner shell. DOE and Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions are working to complete the planning, design and installation of equipment […]

Incumbent Passing Two-Year Mark in Extensions Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 S.M. Stoller (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) has once again received an extension to its current contract to provide support services for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management, as the Department’s long-troubled search for a follow-on contract drags […]

At Least Four Teams Have Formed to Compete for New Work Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 In the wake of the Department of Energy issuing this week a partial draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, industry officials have already begun to question proposed provisions related to fee. At […]

DOE Inspector General Identifies Weaknesses in LANL Waste Processing Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/3/2014 More changes are underway at Los Alamos National Laboratory as planning begins to transition lab cleanup work from the National Nuclear Security Administration to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. This week, the lab announced that Randy Erickson will […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The Department of Energy was unable to meet a Sept. 30 goal to have a final cost-and-schedule baseline in place for D&D efforts underway at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) site. “Discussions are ongoing with URS in an attempt to clarify remaining project technical risks and uncertainties which will […]

Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The Department of Energy failed to meet a Sept. 30 commitment to begin operations at the Idaho Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, and it continues to be unclear when the facility will begin actually processing waste. A DOE spokesman confirmed late last week that the Department would not be able to […]

Sellafield Awards £336M Contract to Jacobs-Led Team  Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/2/2014 A team of team of Jacobs, AMEC and Balfour Beatty has won a contract framework worth up to £336 million ($546 million) for the Box Encapsulation Project at Sellafield, site license company Sellafield Ltd. announced this week. The project aims to treat waste […]

Leak at Old Research Reactor Stable, Officials Say WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The search for the leak in a reactor pool at one of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s stable of shutdown nuclear research reactors is still ongoing, but officials emphasized that the situation is stable and not getting worse. Some issues have apparently been ruled out. […]

FY14 Comes and Goes, and Still No FY 2013 Fee for CHPRC WC Monitor 10/3/2014 With Fiscal Year 2015 getting underway this week, the Department of Energy has yet to finalize a FY 2013 fee determination for Hanford cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. The DOE Richland Operations Office confirmed this week that the […]

SRNS Launches Coal Ash Cleanup Effort WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, has launched a project to clean up 1.3 million cubic yards of coal ash by June 2019 to remediate a 90-acre spot in the site’s D Area. The ash landfill and three adjacent basins […]

WC Monitor 10/3/2014 IN DOE Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall is set to begin serving as the new Deputy Secretary of Energy Oct. 6, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a message to employees this week. She replaces Dan Poneman, who formally retired this week from the Department of Energy after serving as deputy secretary for five years. […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 10/3/2014 Assessing contaminated sites within the Navajo Nation and focusing on the cleanup of the Northeast Church Rock Mine Site and Tuba City Dump topped the priority list for the Environmental Protection Agency and four other federal agencies in their second five year plan to address the uranium contamination within […]

The Department of Energy yesterday issued a partial draft Request for Proposals for the Idaho Cleanup Project Core Contract, in advance of an industry day, site tour and one-on-ones with potential bidders next week. The draft RFP includes services and prices (section B), a draft performance work statement (section C), instructions to offers (section L) and evaluation […]

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center this week awarded two small business support services contracts to Project Services Group and Trinity Engineering Associates. The Project Services Group contract Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract has a maximum value of $4 million over 5 years. It covers aspects including support with life cycle […]

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center this week awarded two small business support services contracts to Project Services Group and Trinity Engineering Associates. The Project Services Group contract Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract has a maximum value of $4 million over 5 years. It covers aspects including support with life cycle […]