Vol. 8, No. 19

Transuranic Waste

Bechtel’s Salado formally takes control of WIPP

Effective Saturday Feb. 4, Bechtel’s Salado Isolation Mining Contractors took over operation of the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO), which also includes New Mexico-based subcontractor Los Alamos Technical Associates, said in a Friday evening press release it was about to officially take over as prime […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NM Senate committee to vote on latest anti-interim storage bill

    A New Mexico state Senate panel was scheduled Monday to vote on a bill to block a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the Land of Enchantment.  If made law, Senate Bill 53, sponsored by state Sen. Jeff Steinborn (D), would update New Mexico law to ban the disposal of spent nuclear […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    IWTU operation looms at Idaho National Lab, state says

    The Jacobs-led contractor at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory was poised to start simulated operations of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, according to an Idaho Department of Environmental Quality spokesperson. “They are estimating radiological waste will start being added mid-February,” the state Environmental Quality Department spokesperson said Wednesday in an email to Exchange […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Swift & Staley era as Paducah landlord could last into 2024

    Although a federal appeals court ruled Swift & Staley should not have been issued a new five-year Department of Energy contract to continue as landlord of the Paducah Site in Kentucky for five more years, it appears the contractor will stay in place there at least through July 2024. The DOE in a notice of […]

  • National Laboratories

    House committee leaders seek DOE documents about Russian hack that targeted Livermore

    Congressional leaders asked the Department of Energy to turn over by Feb. 16 its communications with three national labs reportedly targeted in January by Russian hackers. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California was among the labs the hackers targeted by, among other things, creating fake login pages and asking authorized users of the lab’s […]

  • Budget & Policy

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 08: Meeting: The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board for Oak Ridge holds a hybrid meeting starting at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. To attend virtually, please email to: orssab@orem.doe.gov no later than 5 p.m. […]

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