Vol. 7, No. 14 
NNSA Assessing COVID-Related Delays to Warhead Refurbs; Results in Spring
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Federal Law Does Not Allow Private Interim Storage, TX AG Argues
No existing federal law allowed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to license a proposed commercial interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Texas, the Lone Star State’s attorney general told a federal judge Monday, rolling out his long-awaited argument in the state’s lawsuit against the agency. NRC “lacks authority” to grant a license to Interim […]
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Stockpile Stewardship
Nevada Site Mining Project, Crucial for Subcritical’s Future, to be Baselined in June
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — A mining and construction project at the Nevada National Security Site critical to the next generation of non-explosive, nuclear-stockpile testing should have its cost and schedule set in June, the head of the site’s management contractor said here Tuesday. An independent cost estimate of the U1a Complex Enhancements Project’s (UCEP) Infrastructure and […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Oak Ridge Cleanup Winner Scored the Best on DOE Evaluation, GAO Finds
Expanding on its decision last week to deny a protest of the Department of Energy’s most recent cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Site, the Government Accountability Office said Monday that the agency properly vetted a Veolia-led team’s proposal and took into consideration the team’s relevant past experience with cleanup jobs. The agency’s evaluation was […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Closing Book on Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant Cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is done with its remediation of the Plutonium Finishing Plant, according to a recently-posted staff report from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The DOE Office of Environmental Management has approved Critical Decision 4 for the cleanup of the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP), “marking completion of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Hires Firm for Courting Black Engineers
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is issuing a no-bid contract to the minority-owned firm, Career Communications Group, to give the nuclear cleanup branch a presence at a black engineering conference later this month and help the office improve outreach to technically-savvy minority recruits. The DOE’s Cincinnati-based Environmental Management (EM) Consolidated Business Center […]
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Decommissioning
DOE to Brief SONGS Community on Interim Storage RFI This Week
Members of a California community hosting a former nuclear power plant should hear from the Department of Energy’s acting spent fuel chief this week about the agency’s effort to site a federal interim storage facility, according to a press release from the plant’s operator. Kim Petry, DOE’s acting assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste […]