Vol. 9, No. 47

Contracts & Procurement

After 10 months of planning, big DOE players poised to form ‘new’ Amentum

Amentum and branches of Jacobs Solutions specializing in government and cyber-related work are poised to launch a new publicly-traded Amentum next month with deep footprints in nuclear, space exploration and defense work for the U.S. and its allies, executives said last week. “Following the combination, Amentum will generate revenues of approximately $14 billion. And importantly, […]
  • National Laboratories

    LLNL director says negotiating five-year extension to NNSA contract

    OMAHA, Neb. — Lawrence Livermore National Securities is negotiating a five-year extension for the management contract of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the director told the Monitor last week. “We’re in the midst of negotiations now,” Kim Budil, director of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, Calif., told the […]

  • International

    State department eases export rules with Australia and UK, tells Congress export systems compatible with U.S.

    The State Department on Thursday submitted a determination to Congress that the Australian and United Kingdom export control systems are compatible with the U.S., a step in smoothing the process for AUKUS nuclear technology sharing. The 2021 AUKUS agreement aims to have the U.K. and U.S. help Australia build and maintain nuclear-powered attack submarines by […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP shipments still outpacing 2023 rate through July

    The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 45 shipments of transuranic waste during July, according to DOE’s public website. As usual, the Idaho National Laboratory accounted for the majority of shipments, sending 33. Los Alamos National Laboratory sent four, and the Savannah River Site accounts for the remaining eight shipments […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE issues final RFP for the Paducah landlord contract

    The Department of Energy has issued a final solicitation for a new landlord contract at the Paducah Site in Kentucky, business currently held by Swift & Staley. On Aug. 13, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management published the final request for proposals (RFP) for the new Infrastructure Support Services contract at the former gaseous diffusion plant […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Upon further review, DOE cites another Hanford tank leak

    The Department of Energy confirmed Thursday that “more likely than not” another underground tank at the Hanford Site in Washington state is leaking radioactive waste. “Based on conservative estimates, it has been determined that T-101 is more likely than not leaking a small amount of contamination to the soil beneath the tank,” DOE managers at […]

  • News & Analysis

    Publication notice

    Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will be published on Tuesday and Thursday only during the weeks of Aug. 12, 2024 and Aug. 19, 2024, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess.

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