Cleanup & Remediation

Robert Duffy took over as BWX Technologies’ top human resources and administrative executive, the company said Monday in a press release. Duffy, most recently with L3Harris Technologies, replaced Rick Loving as senior vice president and chief administrative officer, the Lynchburg, Va.-based nuclear-navy and Department of Energy contractor wrote in release, which was appended to an […]

Jacobs, which swallowed CH2M Hill in 2017 to boost its presence in the Department of Energy contracting market, planned to rebrand itself as Jacobs Solutions effective Aug. 29, the Dallas-based company disclosed Friday. Presently known as Jacobs Engineering Group, the company told investors and regulators about the planned rebrand in an 8-k filing with the […]

The Department of Energy said Friday it is dropping most pandemic-related safeguards, such as COVID-19 screening and collection of vaccination data for employees and contractors— although indoor mask mandates remain in place in areas with high transmission rates. The DOE announced its “Updated COVID-19 Workplace Safety and Reentry Framework” in an email to “Team DOE” […]

After a 40-year career in the energy industry, Entergy’s chief executive Leo Denault plans to retire in the new year, the company announced Tuesday in a press release. Andrew Marsh, currently Entergy’s CFO and executive vice president, will replace Denault after he leaves in 2023, according to a statement. As part of the New Orleans-based […]

William Morrison joined EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, after leaving rival waste management company Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services, according to a press release. Morrison, rejoining the Energy Solutions for another stint in Utah, will be chief operating officer of waste management, federal services and commercial development and strategy, the press release says. “I am excited […]

William Morrison planned to resign as chief executive officer of Veolia Nuclear Solutions’ U.S. Federal Services business effective Friday, the company announced Monday.  Steve Moore, the chief operating officer of the Federal Services business, was to become the interim CEO while the company searched for a permanent CEO, according to a press release.  The company […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week August 01-26 – United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. 10th Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference. United Nations Headquarters, New York. 16 –President Joe Biden planned to sign the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes […]

A billion-dollar bailout proposed by the governor of California could help give the state’s last operating nuclear power plant a new lease on life, according to a draft bill published late last week. If draft legislation supported by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) becomes law, Sacramento could authorize the California Department of Water Resources “to make […]

The outcome of long term talks between Washington state and the federal government about liquid waste cleanup at the Hanford site will inform the Department of Energy’s future budget strategy for the sprawling plutonium production complex, the Secretary of Energy said Friday. Visiting the Hanford site for the first time last week, Jennifer Granholm, now […]

A University of Georgia research associate at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina was “treated and hospitalized for a few days for observation,” after being bitten by a poisonous copperhead snake July 22, a spokesperson said Wednesday. “The individual is fully recovered and returned to work,” Vicky Sutton-Jackson, a spokesperson for […]

The number of active onsite cases of COVID-19 at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management sites fell this week, according to a spokesperson for the cleanup office. There were 162 active cases of the virus among Environmental Management (EM) and contractor staff who don’t telework, the spokesperson said in a Thursday email. That […]

A lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, filed by about 80 employees who objected to its COVID-19 vaccination policy, was dismissed. The plaintiffs, led by Shawn Phillip Rhoades, and defendant Savannah River Nuclear Solutions filed a joint motion for dismissal dated Thursday in the U.S. […]

Weapons Complex Monitor will not be published on Aug. 19, 2022 or Aug. 26, 2022, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., could hear oral arguments as early as October in the long-running litigation on whether Swift & Staley should have been disqualified for the new Paducah Infrastructure Support Services Contract awarded by the Department of Energy in December 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Tuesday […]

An APTIM-North Wind joint venture that ran into bad luck and bedrock while building the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee may have its contract extended beyond the current Dec. 5 expiration, a Department of Energy spokesperson said recently. “The Mercury Treatment Facility is scheduled to be operational in […]

While it did not generate much chatter Monday during a quarterly earnings call focused on strong numbers, BWX Technologies is in the running for billions more in government contracts across the Department of Energy weapons complex over the next year. Having already won the $21-billion, 15-year Savannah River Integrated Mission contract for liquid waste cleanup […]

A lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, filed by about 80 employees who objected to its COVID-19 vaccination policy, was dismissed. The plaintiffs, led by Shawn Phillip Rhoades, and defendant Savannah River Nuclear Solutions filed a joint motion for dismissal dated Thursday in the U.S. […]

With Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm set to visit the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state Friday a coalition of organizations wrote President Joe Biden Tuesday urging a $1 billion increase in cleanup funding for the former plutonium production site. “Given its role as the workhorse for plutonium production, the scope of Hanford’s cleanup […]

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), whose 4th congressional district includes the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, is the evident winner of an open primary, despite being one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 capitol insurrection. But Newhouse’s fellow House Appropriations Committee member in a neighboring district, who […]

The Department of Energy says the Tank-Side Cesium Removal project at the Hanford Site in Washington state has now pretreated 380,000 gallons of low-level radioactive tank waste before entering its latest outage on July 20. More than 182,000 gallons of tank waste was treated in Batch 2, which began on June 18 and concluded July […]

The Department of Energy says the Tank-Side Cesium Removal project at the Hanford Site in Washington state has now pretreated 380,000 gallons of low-level radioactive tank waste before entering its latest outage on July 20. More than 182,000 gallons of tank waste was treated in Batch 2, which began on June 18 and concluded July […]

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 capitol insurrection, Tuesday conceded her loss in Washington’s 3rd Congressional district primary on Aug. 2. “I’m proud that I always told the truth, stuck to my principles, and did what I knew to be […]

A University of Georgia research associate at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina was “treated and hospitalized for a few days for observation,” after being bitten by a poisonous copperhead snake July 22, a spokesperson said Wednesday. “The individual is fully recovered and returned to work,” Vicky Sutton-Jackson, a spokesperson for […]

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will be published on Tuesday and Thursday only during the weeks of Aug. 15, 2022 and Aug. 22, 2022, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess.

With Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm set to visit the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state later this week, a coalition of organizations wrote President Joe Biden Tuesday urging a $1 billion increase in cleanup funding for the former plutonium production site. “Given its role as the workhorse for plutonium production, the scope of […]

A batch of documents were made public Monday after previously being under seal in the ongoing legal battle on whether Swift & Staley should have been disqualified for the new Paducah Infrastructure Support Services Contract awarded by the Department of Energy in December 2020. Swift & Staley, the Justice Department and a rival bidder for […]

FirstEnergy is seeking the return of $56 million in bonuses to fired CEO Chuck Jones in the aftermath of the corporation’s bribery scandal, according to the company’s July 26 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. FirstEnergy fired Jones in October 2020 after the U.S. justice department charged former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder […]

The federal government, slow to return to normal contracting operations after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was largely to blame for continued operating losses at Perma-Fix Environmental Services during the second quarter of 2022, CEO Mark Duff said in the company’s latest earnings call with investors. For the second quarter, Perma-Fix reported a net […]

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection, holds the No. 1 spot in a primary for his 4th Congressional district, while a similarly-situated Washington incumbent has lost her lead for the crucial runner-up slot in her primary. The Associated Press called the […]

A lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, filed by about 80 employees who objected to its COVID-19 vaccination policy, was dismissed. The plaintiffs, led by Shawn Phillip Rhoades, and defendant Savannah River Nuclear Solutions filed a joint motion for dismissal dated Thursday in the U.S. […]