Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

Mid-America Conversion Services earned just under $1.1 million in award fees for eight months of work on depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio and Paducah Site in Kentucky, according to the contractor’s recently released performance scorecard. That was just under half of the $2.3 million available for fiscal […]

By John Stang Honeywell International recently sued the federal government in an effort to reclaim almost $2 million in payments made to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2013 and 2014. The lawsuit was filed Feb. 16 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Honeywell’s Metropolis Works plant in Illinois converts natural uranium into uranium hexafluoride […]

Mid-America Conversion Services earned just under $1.1 million in award fees for eight months of work on depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio and Paducah Site in Kentucky, according to the contractor’s recently released performance scorecard. That was just under half of the $2.3 million available for fiscal […]

Maryland-based Centrus Energy will release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 earnings after the markets close on Wednesday, followed by a conference call with financial analysts at 8:30 a.m. EDT Thursday. Centrus, formerly known as USEC, supplies nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry. In September 2015, Centrus began closing out its three-year demonstration […]

Honeywell International recently sued the federal government in an effort to reclaim almost $2 million in payments made to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2013 and 2014. The lawsuit was filed Feb. 16 in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Honeywell’s Metropolis Works plant in Illinois converts natural uranium into uranium hexafluoride for use in […]

The U.S. Energy Department has committed to remediation of existing landfills and plumes at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Ohio, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said following a Feb. 23 meeting with stakeholders. Officials in the nearby village of Piketon have raised concerns over such contaminated areas inside the Perimeter Road in connection with […]

Following a Friday meeting with stakeholders, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said the U.S. Energy Department has committed to remediation of existing landfills and plumes at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio. Concerns over the areas in the vicinity of Perimeter Road have been one of the issues cited by officials in the village of […]

By the end of 2019, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to identify the best ways to secure low-enriched uranium for U.S. nuclear-weapon programs over the next 20 years, the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency wrote in response to a Government Accountability Office report published last week. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will complete […]

By the end of 2019, the National Nuclear Security Administration plans to identify the best ways to secure low-enriched uranium for U.S. nuclear-weapon programs over the next 20 years, the semi-autonomous Department of Energy agency wrote in response to a Government Accountability Office report published Friday. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will complete an […]

The U.S. Energy Department has agreed to a $24 million legal settlement to resolve breach of contract litigation brought by Centrus Energy in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The settlement agreement was reached Jan. 11, and Centrus reported the development on Jan. 17 in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. […]

The Energy Department has agreed to a $24 million legal settlement with Centrus Energy to resolve breach of contract litigation the company had filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The settlement agreement was reached Jan. 11, and Centrus reported the development on Jan. 17 in an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and […]

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Craig Butler said last month the state feels confident in the safety of a planned on-site disposal cell for waste from decommissioning of the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant — and that recent research by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency backs up that conclusion. “We have patiently and […]

Congress on Thursday adopted another budget continuing resolution to keep the federal government, including the Energy Department and its Office of Environmental Management, running through Jan. 19 The stopgap funding measure cleared the House in a 231-188 vote, and the Senate followed up with a 66-32 decision. Just before press time for Weapons Complex Monitor, […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration wants to ship some 3 pounds of weapon-grade uranium abroad for eventual conversion into medical isotopes, according to a license application the semiautonomous Energy Department stockpile agency filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week. The unalloyed metal covered by the application is a roughly 93-percent concentration of U.S.-origin uranium-235 […]

The Energy Department this week published a long-awaited environmental review that paves the way for the agency to accept more than 450 casks of spent nuclear fuel from Germany for processing and storage at the agency’s Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The spent fuel contains U.S.-origin highly enriched uranium, which was shipped to Germany […]

The Energy Department on Wednesday published a long-awaited environmental review that paves the way for the agency to accept more than 450 casks of spent nuclear fuel from Germany for processing and storage at the agency’s Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The spent fuel contains U.S.-origin highly enriched uranium, which was shipped to Germany […]

Having just completed its $3.25 billion buyout of CH2M, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering released new information Monday about its business going forward as a $15 billion engineering and infrastructure heavyweight. “Today, we are celebrating the creation of a new Jacobs,” Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou said in a news release. In the release, Jacobs praised CH2M’s […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration wants to ship some 3 pounds of weapon-grade uranium abroad for eventual conversion into medical isotopes in four European countries, according to a license application the semiautonomous Energy Department stockpile agency filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week. The unalloyed metal covered by the application is a roughly 93-percent […]

Colorado-based CH2M on Friday officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering, CH2M announced in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More details about the merger will be disclosed Monday, CH2M said at press time. CH2M shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the buyout. The preliminary results of the special meeting […]

CH2M shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the deal that will make the Colorado-based company a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering. The preliminary results of the special meeting of CH2M shareholders show more than 95 percent approval for the merger, the two companies said in a joint press release. The vote should clear the […]

The Energy Department and its Office of Environmental Management will remain open for business on Monday thanks to a continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress late Thursday to keep the government running through Dec. 22. The House of Representatives passed the stopgap spending plan 235-193 while the Senate passed it 81-14. The measure is largely […]

Assuming CH2M shareholders approve that company’s acquisition by Jacobs Engineering in a few weeks, Jacobs Chairman and CEO Steve Demetriou sees the combined company getting off to “a running start.” During a conference call with Wall Street analysts on Nov. 21 following release of Jacobs’ quarterly earnings, Demetriou said he has already visited many CH2M […]

The headline on a Nov. 16 Weapons Complex Morning Briefing article about Centrus Energy’s cleanup work on its retired advanced centrifuge demonstration project at Piketon, Ohio, misstated the location of the facility. We regret the error.

Centrus Energy said this week it anticipates completing cleanup of its retired advanced centrifuge technology demonstration site in Piketon, Ohio, by the end of the year. Decontamination and decommissioning of the American Centrifuge facility began in the second quarter of 2016 after the Department of Energy cut off funding for the project the year before […]

CH2M shareholders are scheduled to vote Dec. 13 on the company’s proposed buyout by Jacobs Engineering, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The shareholder meeting will be held at company headquarters in Englewood, Colo., CH2M said in a Nov. 13 10-Q filing. Stockholder approval is one of the final […]

Centrus Energy said this week it anticipates completing cleanup of its retired advanced centrifuge technology demonstration site in Piketon, Ohio, by the end of the year. Decontamination and decommissioning of the American Centrifuge facility began in the second quarter of 2016 after the Department of Energy cut off funding for the project the year before […]

Centrus Energy said Thursday its net loss decreased and its revenue grew during the third quarter ended Sept. 30. The Bethesda, Md.-based uranium enrichment company reported a net loss of $8.5 million for the quarter, well below the $41.3 million net loss for the third quarter of 2016. Net loss connected to common stockholders was […]

Centrus Energy said Monday it has signed a $16 million contract to continue for another year its research and development of advanced gas centrifuge uranium enrichment technology at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. However, the company’s time in at least one Oak Ridge facility is nearing its end as […]

Centrus Energy said Monday it has signed a $16 million contract to continue for another year its research and development of advanced gas centrifuge uranium enrichment technology at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. However, the company’s time in at least one Oak Ridge facility is nearing its end as […]

Centrus Energy said Monday it has signed a $16 million contract to continue for another year its research and development of advanced gas centrifuge uranium enrichment technology at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The contract with lab management and operations prime UT-Battelle LLC runs through Sept. 30, 2018. The agreement […]