Transuranic Waste

DOE Again Pushes Back Deadline for Bids on New Oak Ridge TWPC Contract

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Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
12/5/2014
In apparent response to requests from potential bidders, the Department of Energy late this week pushed back the deadline for bids for the new contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center, for a second…

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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DOE Again Asks LM Support Services Contract Bidders to Extend Proposals

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CH2M Hill Dropping Bid For New Idaho Cleanup Contract

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Survey: Approx. 60 Percent of EM Employees Satisfied With Jobs

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New Mexico Set to Propose $35M Fine for LANL, Separate Major Fine for WIPP

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Senate Clears Some Pending DOE Nominees, But EM-1 Choice Still in Limbo

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DOE Officially Releases Details on Los Alamos Cleanup Transition to EM

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Small Businesses Call For Improvements in DOE Contracting

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Former LANL Dep. Director Suspended from Gov’t Work

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Final FY15 Defense Bill Would Lower DNFSB Employee Cap

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Oak Ridge Mercury Strategy Complete, DOE Advancing Treatment Plant Design

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INTERA Drops Challenges to Navarro’s Win of New NNSS Contract

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Savannah River’s 235-F Risk Reduction Plan Delayed 29 Months

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After Acquisition and New Name, Security Firm Centerra Planning Expansion

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Final FY15 Defense Bill Would Establish Manhattan Project Park

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On WIPP

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At River Protection

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Richland

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Los Alamos

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At Oak Ridge

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