Vol. 7, No. 58 NNSA has custody of all highly enriched uranium removed from research reactor in Japan, agency says
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Bids due for big DOE HALEU production contract
Bids were due Monday on a DOE contract to produce energy-dense uranium fuel using a cascade that Centrus Energy Corp. has nearly finished building at the agency’s Portsmouth Site near Piketon, Ohio. The potentially 10-year contract, officially opened to all bidders in June, calls for production of a much larger volume of high assay, low-enriched […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA to put security services into Nevada prime contract as sunset approaches on SOC deal
The National Nuclear Security Administration plans to add protective services to its prime contract with the Nevada National Security Site’s Honeywell-led prime contract, according to a procurement note posted online recently. SOC is the incumbent security services provider at the former Nevada Test Site under a five-year deal, worth about $200-million, that began on March […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
BWXT reports strong quarter on rising earnings, revenue
While it did not generate much chatter Monday during a quarterly earnings call focused on strong numbers, BWX Technologies is in the running for billions more in government contracts across the Department of Energy weapons complex over the next year. Having already won the $21-billion, 15-year Savannah River Integrated Mission contract for liquid waste cleanup […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix sees sluggish recovery from pandemic despite revenue boost
The federal government, slow to return to normal contracting operations after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, was largely to blame for continued operating losses at Perma-Fix Environmental Services during the second quarter of 2022, CEO Mark Duff said in the company’s latest earnings call with investors. For the second quarter, Perma-Fix reported a net […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Newhouse advances to general election; neighbor incumbent Herrera Beutler loses lead
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection, holds the No. 1 spot in a primary for his 4th Congressional district, while a similarly-situated Washington incumbent has lost her lead for the crucial runner-up slot in her primary. The Associated Press called the […]
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Transuranic Waste
Texas, DOE remain in holding pattern over stranded waste at WCS
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is still “considering potential enforcement action” against the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch for failure to move stranded drums of transuranic waste out of Waste Control Specialists’ facility in Andrews County, a commission spokesperson said last week. The DOE Office of Environmental Management wrote the state July 11 […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
COVID-19 vaccination lawsuit against SRS prime dropped
A lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, filed by about 80 employees who objected to its COVID-19 vaccination policy, was dismissed. The plaintiffs, led by Shawn Phillip Rhoades, and defendant Savannah River Nuclear Solutions filed a joint motion for dismissal dated Thursday in the U.S. […]
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Decommissioning
Number of application for nuclear credits could delay rollout, DOE says
With less than a month left for nuclear plant operators to apply for the Department of Energy’s civil nuclear credits program, the agency is leaving open the possibility that it will need extra time to review submissions, a spokesperson said Monday. Although DOE had said in April that it would notify awardees around 30 days […]