Cleanup & Remediation

INTERVIEW: Poneman Looks Back on Contract Mgmt. Improvements, Cleanup Challenges

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The following interview with Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman, who announced this week plans to leave DOE in the fall, was conducted by ExchangeMonitor Publications Editor-in-Chief Mike Nartker.
WC Monitor
6/20/2014
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In This Issue

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More Than $100 Million for WIPP Recovery in Bills, but House and Senate Disagree on Source

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Senate and House FY15 Spending Bills Boost Cleanup Funds, While House Cuts SRS Budget

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How Should DOE Promote Small Business Subcontracts in the Next Round of Primes?

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EM-1 Nominee Breezes Through Hearing, Doesn’t Indicate Big Changes for Program

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Deputy Energy Secretary Poneman to Leave DOE This Fall

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EDITORIAL: It’s Time to Separate Out Cleanup Work from Los Alamos, Other NNSA Sites

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DOE Gearing Up to Compete New Oak Ridge TWPC Contract

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House Appropriators Again Take DOE to Task Over Project Management Concerns

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Senate Bill Would Reauthorize Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund

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Fluor-B&W Portsmouth Working to Improve NDA Program

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DOE Launching New Investigation Into WIPP Incidents

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South Carolina Warns DOE That Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Penalties May be Coming

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Converdyn Sues DOE In Effort to Halt Uranium Transfers

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URS Shuffles Leadership at Oak Ridge, Savannah River Cleanup Contractors

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Parsons Rejects DOE Final Offer on SWPF Startup

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U.K. Cleanup Focus

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At River Protection

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At Richland

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At Oak Ridge

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

Wrap Up: In DOE, In The DNFSB

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