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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Debriefings Start on Hanford Contracts
Debriefings got underway this week on major Energy Department contracts issued in December for the Hanford Site in Washington state, a source said Thursday. Debriefs were held in Richland, Wash., on the potential 10-year, $4 billion support services contract announced Dec. 5 for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), a joint venture comprised of Leidos, Centerra, and Parsons. Leidos and Centerra make up the incumbent team providing site-wide landlord services that include security, road maintenance, running the Hazardous Material Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center, and overseeing electric and water infrastructure upgrades. The current Mission Support Alliance team has a contract, valued at $4.3 billion, that dates to May… |
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Weapons Complex Morning Briefing |
Energy Dept. Again Rejects DNFSB Tritium Recommendation
The U.S. Department of Energy has doubled down in the new year on its refusal to accept a safety recommendation from the Defense Nuclear Faciliites Safety Board (DNFSB) regarding tritium facilities at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. “[T]he… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Pit-Related TRU Could Take Up Half of Remaining WIPP Space
The National Nuclear Security Administration’s plan to produce 80 pits a year would generate more than 1,110 cubic meters of transuranic waste a year, according to an environmental review the semiautonomous Department of Energy weapon steward released this week. Over… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Novel Decommissioning Biz Model Advancing at Vermont Yankee
By John Stang A year into the first-of-its-kind arrangement, decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant appears to be proceeding smoothly, according to the head of a local citizens organization. NorthStar Group Services completed the purchase of Vermont Yankee… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
NNSA Plans Expedited Environmental Review of Pit Production at SRS
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans a somewhat expedited environmental review of its plan to convert a partially built plutonium recycling plant at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., into a plutonium-pit factory, according to a decision posted online… |
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