Vol. 6, No. 61 DOE Staff Could Return On-Site by Mid-February, Re-entry Memo Says
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Contracts & Procurement
Federal Judge Refuses to Block Vaccine Mandate by SRS Prime
A federal district judge in South Carolina refused late Friday to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the COVID-19 vaccination mandate by the prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs ruled the 97 vaccine holdouts suing Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) “have not made a clear showing that […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Hanford Waste RFP Bid Deadline Extended Into New Year
Prospective bidders on the Department of Energy’s multibillion-dollar Hanford Integrated Tank Waste Disposition Contract in Washington state need not submit proposals before Christmas after all, thanks to an extension announced Friday. The deadline for submitting bid proposals on the potential $45-billion contract is being extended by 17 days to Jan. 6, 2022, rather than Dec. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Michigan Company Wins Mo-99 Award From NNSA
Niowave, Lansing, Mich., will get $13 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration, under a cooperative agreement, to support domestic production of the Molybdenum-99 medical isotope, the agency announced Friday. This is the fourth and final round of congressionally mandated funding established by law in 2012 as part of the federal government’s efforts to establish […]
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Decommissioning
CA Community Protests Diablo Canyon Closure at ‘Save Clean Energy’ Rally
Community members and other stakeholders gathered at a rally on the West Coast this weekend to show their support for California’s last nuclear power plant, slated to close in the coming years. Flying a small blimp with the phrase ‘save clean energy’ emblazoned on the side, demonstrators marched through San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Saturday […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
This Week
Here are some events related to defense and civilian matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week: Dec. 06-10 – The House, then the Senate, were scheduled to vote on a compromise National Defense Authorization Act, media reported. The compromise bill would replace a version of the annual military policy bill that the Senate last […]