Contracts & Procurement

A group of current and former contractors at the U.S. Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio say a federal lawsuit accusing them of failure to contain radioactive contamination should be dismissed. Centrus Energy and the other companies say Ursula McGlone and other residents who live within 7 miles of the former gaseous diffusion plant failed […]

Key testing has wrapped up for the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, bringing the $2.3 billion plant closer to its anticipated startup in the first quarter of 2020. Parsons, the U.S. Department of Energy contractor that built the SWPF and is readying it for operations, announced Wednesday […]

The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it plans to retain a Richland, Wash., firm via a no-bid contract to provide technical expertise on treatment of nuclear tank waste at the Hanford Site. The agency’s Office of River Protection (ORP) plans to issue a sole-source time and materials contract potentially worth $870,000 to Jeffery L. Bird, […]

The liquid waste contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site double-stacked 191 canisters of treated liquid radioactive waste in fiscal 2019, and plans to stack another 300 containers in the current 2020 federal budget year. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) says the project costs about $3 million annually and is freeing up space […]

BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden said Tuesday the U.S. Energy Department should soon issue one multibillion-dollar contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, while another probably won’t arrive until mid-2020. “In the coming weeks we expect to hear about the Hanford Plateau Central Cleanup contract for which we are competing,” Geveden said […]

Washington River Protection Solutions is looking for a subcontractor to fabricate, test, and deliver a replacement melter for low-activity radioactive waste at the Waste Treatment Plant being built at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The AECOM-led contractor, which manages storage of 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste in 117 […]

Unionized metal workers for most major vendors at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state on Wednesday approved a one-year extension to their current labor contracts. The Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council (HAMTC) said in a Facebook post that workers at Mission Support Alliance, Jacobs subsidiary CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation, Veolia, and Washington […]

A Jacobs subsidiary this week is commencing the final phase of tearing down the Plutonium Finishing Plant at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “I am proud to report that our team has safely completed lower-risk demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) Main Processing Facility,” CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation President and CEO […]

The U.S. Energy Department on Monday issued a request for information kicking off market research for the next cleanup contract at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project in Utah. The current contract, held by North Wind Portage, expires after September 2021. The work involves moving tailings from the old Atlas Mineral Corp. […]

U.S. Energy Department contractor Atkins Nuclear Secured Holdings has promoted Jack Craig as its new chief operating officer (COO). Craig, who joined the SNC-Lavalin Group company in 2018 as vice president of strategic programs, assumed the new post on Nov. 1, according to a press release. He succeeds Robert Frost, who continues to serve as […]

BWX Technologies, trumpeting strong third-quarters earnings results Tuesday, said it is not under contract to build any more common missile compartment tubes for U.S. naval submarines, beyond those already contracted for production by 2021. After announcing in 2018 it had botched welds on 12 of the tubes, which were destined for both Columbia- and Virginia-class […]

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) on Monday said he would not reverse his decision to retire, even with the opportunity to take the top Republican spot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Shimkus said last week he would reconsider his Aug. 30 announcement that he would not seek re-election in 2020 after Energy and Water […]

By Calvin Biesecker Huntington Ingalls Industries on Thursday reported mixed results in its third quarter, with sales up on acquisitions and work in its nuclear shipyard while earnings fell due to lower operating income from its shipbuilding and a less favorable adjustment in pension income versus a year ago. Net income sank 33 percent to […]

FirstEnergy Corp. on Monday reported $391 million in net income for the third quarter of 2019, after sustaining a $512 million loss in the same three months of 2018. That was good for $0.73 in earning per share on a generally accepted accounting basis, versus a $1.02 per-share loss a year ago, according to the […]

By John Stang Perma-Fix Environmental Services said Thursday it nearly doubled its earnings for the third quarter of 2019, aided by contract wins and increased efficiencies. The Atlanta-based nuclear services and waste management provider posted $22.5 million in revenue for the latest quarter, up 88% from $12 million for the same period last year. The […]

Key testing has wrapped up for the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, bringing the $2.3 billion plant closer to its anticipated startup in the first quarter of 2020. Parsons, the U.S. Department of Energy contractor that built the SWPF and is readying it for operations, announced Wednesday […]

The U.S. Energy Department said Monday it plans to retain a Richland, Wash., firm via a no-bid contract to provide technical expertise on treatment of nuclear tank waste at the Hanford Site. The agency’s Office of River Protection (ORP) plans to issue a sole-source time and materials contract potentially worth $870,000 to Jeffery L. Bird, […]

House Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) said Nov. 6 that he will not run for office again in 2020, ending a 35-year career in public office and opening up the chairmanship to new candidates should Democrats hold the majority after next year’s elections. “For my entire career I have worked to build support […]

The $506 million in quarterly revenue reported Monday by BWX Technologies is its highest ever, not just for the third quarter as indicated in a Tuesday article in Weapons Complex Morning Briefing.

BWX Technologies, trumpeting strong third-quarters earnings results Tuesday, said it is not under contract to build any more common missile compartment tubes for U.S. naval submarines, beyond those already contracted for production by 2021. After announcing in 2018 it had botched welds on 12 of the tubes, which were destined for both Columbia- and Virginia-class […]

A Jacobs subsidiary this week is commencing the final phase of tearing down the Plutonium Finishing Plant at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. “I am proud to report that our team has safely completed lower-risk demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) Main Processing Facility,” CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation President and CEO Ty […]

BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden said Tuesday the U.S. Energy Department should soon issue one multibillion-dollar contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, while another probably won’t land until mid-2020. “In the coming weeks we expect to hear about the Hanford Plateau Central Cleanup contract for which we are competing,” Geveden said […]

U.S. Energy Department contractor BWX Technologies on Monday reported a company record for quarterly revenue – $506 million for the three-month period that ended Sept.30, an 18.9% jump from $426 million a year ago. The Lynchburg, Va.-based company reported $74.8 million in net income, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared with $77.9 million, or $0.78 […]

Washington River Protection Solutions is looking for a subcontractor to fabricate, test, and deliver a replacement melter for low-activity radioactive waste at the Waste Treatment Plant being built at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. The AECOM-led contractor, which manages storage of 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste in 117 underground […]

The liquid waste contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site double-stacked 191 canisters of treated liquid radioactive waste in fiscal 2019, and plans to stack another 300 containers in the current 2020 federal budget year. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) says the project costs about $3 million annually and is freeing up space […]

The U.S. Energy Department on Monday issued a request for information kicking off market research for the next cleanup contract at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project in Utah. The current contract, held by North Wind Portage, expires after September 2021. The work involves moving tailings from the old Atlas Mineral Corp. […]

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is considering a permit modification sought by a U.S. Energy Department contractor to relocate repackaging radioactive waste at a new location within the Idaho National Laboratory. Fluor Idaho wants to resume repacking sludge waste generated at a different facility than the location of the April 11, 2018, accident. The […]

BWX Technologies is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings before the market opens Tuesday, with the quarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Last time out, the Lynchburg, Va.-based government contractor posted $471 million in revenue for the second quarter, which was 7.4% above than the $439 million for the same […]

Less than a month after being awarded $1.5 million from a federal jury for discrimination during a rehiring process, a former employee of the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste contractor is seeking an additional $1 million in compensation. That amount represents the pay she would have received from the time she was terminated in 2013 […]

The U.S. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) wants information from the Energy Department by mid-November on potentially flammable radioactive waste storage drums at sites other than the Idaho National Laboratory. To date, DOE has only partly provided the federal nuclear health-and-safety watchdog with requested information regarding its review of an April 2018 incident in […]