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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Increasing Signs Point Toward DOE Cleanup Sites Getting Back to Work Soon
Even as the Energy Department stays mum on the schedule for staffing up operations that have been depopulated during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are increasing indicators that nuclear remediation sites will gradually start bring more workers back inside the fence before the end of June. This is based on comments from sources around the DOE weapons complex, the expiration or relaxing of some state stay-at-home orders, and CEOs of two publicly traded government contractors predicting the economic impact on their businesses from the health crisis should start to ebb by July. With the exception of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project in Utah, which remains fully staffed,… |
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Energy Dept. to Release Idaho Cleanup Procurement Notice This Month
The Energy Department expects to issue a final request for proposals this month for the Idaho Cleanup Contract, according to a procurement update made public Thursday. The potential 15-year, $6.4 billion agreement will replace Fluor Idaho’s nearly $2 billion, five-year… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
GAO Details Reasons for Rejecting Hanford Site Services Bid Protest
While a team led by Huntington Ingalls Industries offered a slightly lower price to provide support services at the Hanford Site in Washington state, the Energy Department awarded the contract to a Leidos-led venture because it submitted a better overall… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Texas Spent-Fuel Storage Site Gets Preliminary Thumbs-Up From Feds
Staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has offered initial support for licensing a facility in West Texas for temporary storage of thousands of tons of spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The recommendation is included in a draft version of… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
Delays for NNSA Programs 'Inevitable' Due to COVID-19, HASC Ranking Member Says
While some program delays are “inevitable” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has done an adequate job of sustaining its nuclear-weapon work while minimizing the spread of disease among its workforce, the House’s top GOP… |
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