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Parsons Under Fire for Mismanaging Savannah River Waste Facility
Contractor Parsons’ “degrading performance” while testing and commissioning the Savannah River Site’s $2 billion Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) could push its start of operations back by several months, according to a notice of concern from the Department of Energy. Rather than the long-anticipated start of operations in December, Parsons’ data suggests SWPF should begin treating waste in March 2019, according to the March 7 notice from Pamela Marks, federal project director for the facility, and Samuel Stewart, a contracting officer with DOE’s Savannah River Operations Office. The notice says Parsons has severely underperformed in several areas of the contract, including personnel management, safety and regulatory protocol, and properly correcting…		 Upcoming Events

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Los Alamos Paused Some Plutonium Ops in March
The Los Alamos National Laboratory called a two-day time out on some of its plutonium work late last month after personnel put fissile material in the wrong containers, according to a report released late Friday by an independent federal nuclear-safety…
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Deadline Reached for Revised SRS Waste Contract Proposals, Sources Say
The deadline has passed for revised proposals from the three teams that bid on the contract for liquid waste management services at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to industry sources. The Energy Department requested…
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FirstEnergy Solutions Confirms Reactor Shutdown Plans
By John Stang FirstEnergy Solutions formally confirmed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday that it plans to permanently shut down three nuclear power plants unless it gets government help. The three-paragraph message to the agency simply certifies FirstEnergy’s March…
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House Armed Services Will Authorize Low-Yield Nuke, Lawmaker Says
WASHINGTON —The full House Armed Services Committee plans to authorize production of the low-yield nuclear warhead sought by the Donald Trump administration, a lawmaker said here Thursday. The new Nuclear Posture Review issued in February calls for the new weapon.…
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