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Upon further review, DOE re-awards mega-dollar Hanford tank contract to BWXT-led group
Although a federal lawsuit remains active, the Department of Energy has again chosen a BWX Technologies-led group as winner of the Integrated Tank Disposition contract, potentially worth $45 billion over a decade. In a Thursday press release, the DOE Office of Environmental Management announced the selection of Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure to oversee closure of underground radioactive waste tanks and eventual operation of the Bechtel-built Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. The joint venture is made up of BWXT, Amentum and Fluor. The action comes about 10 months after the contract was initially awarded and about eight months after a U.S. Federal Claims Court judge blocked issuance of the…		 Upcoming Events

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House resoundingly approves package of nuclear-policy reforms
The House on Wednesday easily passed a bipartisan nuclear-policy bill that serves as the lower chamber’s response to a similar bill the full Senate approved late last year. The Atomic Energy Advancement Act sailed through 365-36, with 29 representatives not…
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DOE solicits bids for Portsmouth/Paducah tech support services
As signaled, the Department of Energy’s final solicitation for a new Technical Support Services contract at the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office was published Tuesday. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management procurement office  said in mid-February that the final request for proposals (RFP)…
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DOE can’t make plant owners tap trust funds to pay for spent fuel storage, judge says
The Department of Energy cannot make utilities pay for storage of spent nuclear fuel with interest from their own decommissioning trust funds, a federal judge ruled this month. DOE had argued in the Court of Federal Claims that it should…
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STRATCOM head embraces nuclear sea-launched cruise missile as modernization must
The leader of U.S. Strategic Command now counts a nuclear-tipped sea-launched cruise missile among his “critical” nuclear modernization efforts, alongside a new stealth bomber, ballistic missile submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles.  Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton has, until Thursday, avoided…
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