Vol. 4, No. 303 Entergy Completes Sale of Pilgrim Plant to Holtec
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Transuranic Waste
Energy Department Rolls Out WIPP Strategic Plan Through 2024
The U.S. Energy Department expects in coming years to speed up its waste emplacement rate at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico to 14 shipments per week, according to the newly released draft five-year strategic plan. That would up from a current rate of less than 10 shipments per week during weeks of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River Contractor Has Mismanaged Incident Reports: DOE Office
The contractor that operates the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina has mismanaged security incident reports over the past two years, with problems ranging from late submission of documents to the federal agency to providing incomplete information when they are delivered. In one instance, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) was supposed to close out a report within 90 days. However, […]
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Decommissioning
Army Corps Taking Bids on Fort Belvoir Reactor Decommissioning
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Aug. 23 began the official procurement process for decommissioning of its long-retired SM-1 reactor on the ground of Fort Belvoir, Va. Prospective vendors have until 11 a.m. Nov. 4 Eastern time to submit bids. The Army Corps expects to select its contractor in the second half of 2020. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Nevada Environmental Contract Draws More Than 100 Questions
The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management has received 117 questions from prospective bidders on the next remediation contract for the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The office posted the latest tranche of questions Monday on the potential 10-year, $350 million successor award to the business held through January 2020 by Navarro Research and […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Merrick & Co. Opens Savannah River Office for Plutonium Work
Merrick & Co. has opened a new office in Aiken, S.C., to get its foot in the door of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s expanding plutonium mission, the Greenwood, Colo., nuclear, defense, and infrastructure contractor said. Bill Taylor will manage the new Aiken office, the company said in a press release. Taylor spent the last […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Congress Urged to Fund Yucca Mountain Licensing
A group of six scientists and nuclear waste experts on Monday renewed their call for Congress to fund the frozen federal licensing of the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. Advancing the licensing is both required by law and necessary to avoid extending the “financial liabilities” and potential environmental threats of keeping tens of thousands of […]