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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
DOE Site Managers Say They Won’t Shut Out DNFSB
Three Department of Energy field managers in New Mexico said Thursday that an agency order issued last year will bring little change in a good relationship with an independent federal watchdog, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). The officials offered the commitment at a DNFSB public hearing in Albuquerque, N.M. The four board members and about 20 representatives of the public who spoke at the event appeared unconvinced. It seems DOE officials “really didn’t mean what they wrote, or they really won’t follow what they wrote,” DNFSB Chairman Bruce Hamilton said near the end of the hearing, which lasted more than three hours. This is curious coming from a… |
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Savannah River Liquid Waste Award Slips Off Procurement Schedule
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management issued its latest procurement schedule on Wednesday, but it lists no timeline for awarding the long-awaited liquid waste management contract for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The multibillion-dollar re-award is now… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
DNFSB Considers Hiring Executive Director
As part of its efforts to put its house in order, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) intends hire a high-level staff management position, Chairman Bruce Hamilton said Feb. 14 during a meeting in Washington, D.C. “We need to… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Entergy Wholesale Business Posts Steep Loss for 4Q
By John Stang Entergy Wholesale Commodities, which operates three nuclear plants in the northeastern United States, on Wednesday posted another steep loss for the fourth quarter of 2018. The business reported a $373 million loss on an as-reported basis attributable… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
Justice Department Says MOX Employees Accepted Gifts To Stay Silent on False Claims
Tickets to Masters Tournament golf and NASCAR events were among the perks provided to participants in a scam that defrauded the federal government of more than $6 million, the U.S. Justice Department stated in a lawsuit filed against two companies… |
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