Budget & Policy

FY’16 DOE Cleanup Budget Brings Mixed Reactions

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Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
2/6/2015
Lawmakers and state officials largely saw mixed news this week in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, which seeks to boost tank waste cleanup funds but proposes…

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DOE Quiet on Basis for Newest LM Support Services Contract Award Decision

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DOE to Hold New Set of One-on-Ones With Bidders on New Idaho Contract Next Week

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Rep. Simpson Expresses Concern Over Lack of Competition For New Idaho Cleanup Contract

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New Study Warns of ‘Dysfunctional Relationship’ Among DNFSB Members

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

INTERVIEW: DOE-RL Manager Stacy Charboneau

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DOE FY16 Budget For Ports. D&D Hurts Employee Morale, Local Union Chief Says

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WIPP ‘Project Reach’ Wraps Up, No Additional Impacted Drums Found

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

DOE Again Pushes Out Schedule for Completing ETEC Environmental Impact Statement

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Mission Support Alliance Earns 87 Percent of FY’14 Fee

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

West Valley Still Developing Final Schedule For Main Plant Demolition

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RSI Earns 92 Percent of Award Fee for Ports. Technical Services Contract

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DOE IG Finds Purchase Card Documentation Issue at EMCBC

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At River Protection

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Portsmouth

A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.

At Savannah River

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

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