Cleanup & Remediation

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 IN THE COMPACTS The Southeast Compact Commission is negotiating with Ted Buckner to serve as the new Executive Director of the Commission, according to a resolution issued by the Commission late last week. The resolution also authorizes an ad hoc group, made up of Chairman Michael Mobley, Vice-Chairman Debra […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/21/2014 Perma-Fix Environmental Services announced this week that it would form a subsidiary company, Perma-Fix Medical Corporation, which will focus on the production of the medical isotope Technetium-99 (Tc-99m). With Canada set to stop government spending in 2016 on the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Canada, one of the […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/14/2014 IN DOE The Department of Energy awarded Waste Control Specialists a task order this week to dispose of Class C mixed low level waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Legacy Waste Project. The fixed-price task order calls for the disposal of 364.9 cubic yards of waste generated at […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/14/2014 The United Kingdom’s Office of Nuclear Regulation last week granted permission to Magnox Limited to move ahead with the decommissioning of its Wylfa nuclear power station. Originally, Magnox had planned on beginning decommissioning in 2009, but an opportunity arose to transfer fuel from one reactor to another that extended […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/14/2014 U.S. Ecology experienced its best year ever in 2013 with record revenue and gross profits, according to U.S. Ecology President and CEO Jeff Feeler in an investor’s call held this week. In previous investor’s calls, the company had warned that record revenues may not hold up through the fourth […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/14/2014 EnergySolutions is set to purchase Studsvik’s U.S. operations in a deal worth $23 million. The sale includes Studsvik’s operations in Erwin and Memphis, Tenn., as well as its holding in Semprasafe. Additionally, EnergySolutions acquires patents related to the THOR treatment technology in China and the rights to use the […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 2/7/2014 IN THE NRC The Staff Related Memorandum related to the revision of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 10 CFR Part 61 waste classification system should be issued “soon,” NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane said this week at the Platts 10th Annual Nuclear Energy Conference, held in Washington. For the SRM to […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 2/7/2014 A working group between the Department of Energy and the state of Nevada met a second time last week to discuss a controversial batch of uranium-233 that DOE hopes to dispose of at the Nevada National Security Site. The group was formed after objections from the state last year regarding […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 1/31/2014 State legislators from Missouri are considering a resolution that would call on the Army Corps of Engineer’s Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) to take over control of the West Lake Landfill site remediation project, located in Bridgeton, Mo., just outside of St. Louis. The resolution stems from […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/17/2014 Taking the time pressure off talks with the state of Nevada over disposal of a controversial batch of uranium-233, the Department of Energy last week unloaded material from shipping casks it had planned to send to the Nevada National Security Site for disposal. The shipping containers were due for recertification […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is set to launch next month a four-year research effort on waste treatment technologies with Sellafield Limited, the National Nuclear Laboratory, numerous U.K. universities and other partners, the NDA announced this week. The program is expected to cost £8-£9 million ($13.2 million to $14.8 million) […]

Mike Nartker RW Monitor 1/10/2014 EnergySolutions is starting off the new year with a set of senior management changes. As part of a new “consolidation” of the company’s management team, Mark Morant and Alan Parker have been named to oversee Projects; and Products, Projects and Technology, according to EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker. “Mark Morant is […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/17/2014 Taking the time pressure off talks with the state of Nevada over disposal of a controversial batch of uranium-233, the Department of Energy last week unloaded material from shipping casks it had planned to send to the Nevada National Security Site for disposal. The shipping containers were due for recertification […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is set to launch next month a four-year research effort on waste treatment technologies with Sellafield Limited, the National Nuclear Laboratory, numerous U.K. universities and other partners, the NDA announced this week. The program is expected to cost £8-£9 million ($13.2 million to $14.8 million) […]

Mike Nartker RW Monitor 1/10/2014 EnergySolutions is starting off the new year with a set of senior management changes. As part of a new “consolidation” of the company’s management team, Mark Morant and Alan Parker have been named to oversee Projects; and Products, Projects and Technology, according to EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker. “Mark Morant is […]

Kenneth Fletcher RW Monitor 1/10/2014 The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is set to launch next month a four-year research effort on waste treatment technologies with Sellafield Limited, the National Nuclear Laboratory, numerous U.K. universities and other partners, the NDA announced this week. The program is expected to cost £8-£9 million ($13.2 million to $14.8 million) […]

Mike Nartker RW Monitor 1/10/2014 EnergySolutions is starting off the new year with a set of senior management changes. As part of a new “consolidation” of the company’s management team, Mark Morant and Alan Parker have been named to oversee Projects; and Products, Projects and Technology, according to EnergySolutions spokesman Mark Walker. “Mark Morant is […]

Site Will Need $3.6B Next Year, Officials Say WC Monitor 5/16/2014 Hanford will need about $3.6 billion in Fiscal Year 2016 to meet its legal obligations, officials said at the annual Hanford budget meeting this week. That’s $1.5 billion more than the Obama Administration has proposed for FY 2015 and still could not be enough […]

Regalbuto Ranks Cleanup Priorities: 1. WIPP, 2. Hanford, 3. Savannah River Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/16/2014 The nominee to be the next Department of Energy cleanup chief suggested this week that cleanup at Hanford may be a higher priority than the Savannah River Site, raising eyebrows among some stakeholders in South Carolina. Monica Regalbuto, the […]

URS Warns Total Project Cost Could Exceed $300M Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/16/2014 As URS’ potential financial liability at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) D&D project continues to rise, a document obtained by WC Monitor through a Freedom of Information Act request shows the company has, at least on one occasion, asked for its […]

Uranium Producers Oppose DOE View That Transfers Won’t Impact Market Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/16/2014 In a move that could have serious impacts for D&D efforts underway at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, the Department of Energy is revamping how it manages its stocks of excess uranium, with less to be provided to help fund […]

Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 5/16/2014 Fresh off its defeat at Y-12 and Pantex, Babcock & Wilcox is planning to make a push for an increased role at the Savannah River Site, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ferland said on a conference call with investors this week. B&W is “working hard on positioning for Savannah […]

Agreement Originally Envisioned Cleanup to be Done in 30 Years Staff reports WC Monitor 5/16/2014 Hanford cleanup is possibly a third complete after the Tri-Party Agreement was signed 25 years ago this week, officially starting a work plan to clean up the site in 30 years. Now officials are looking at continuing cleanup work into […]

DOE Transfers 25 Acres for Reuse WC Monitor 5/16/2014 The Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management this week transferred 25 acres at the East Tennessee Technology Park—the scene of major demolition of old uranium-enrichment facilities and cleanup projects—to the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee. It was the 12th time since 1995 […]

Jeremy L. Dillon RW Monitor 5/16/2014 The Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District issued a presolicitation notice this week to help begin the planning for a procurement to award a new contract, expected to be worth up to $100 million over 10 years, for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support the cleanup of […]

WC Monitor 5/16/2014 IN DOE The Department of Energy late this week issued a draft performance work statement for the planned new Paducah infrastructure support services contract. According to a DOE notice issued May 14, the Department expects to issue a draft Request for Proposals for the procurement within the next 30 days, and a […]