Vol. 1, No. 1

Contracts & Procurement

Entergy Awarded $49.4M From DOE

A federal court has awarded power company Entergy $49.4 million in damages stemming from the Department of Energy’s failure to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. In an opinion filed Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims awarded Entergy about 60 percent of the $80.8 million the company sought in damages incurred […]
  • Contracts & Procurement

    DOE Reimbursing Contractors for Questionable Legal Costs

    The Department of Energy (DOE) has been reimbursing its contractors for settlement and law firm costs without consistently verifying that the payments are allowable, according to an Inspector General’s Office (IG) audit report released earlier this month. The report found that from fiscal 2009 through fiscal 2013, DOE reimbursed contractors over $84 million in legal […]

  • National Laboratories

    North Anna Spent Fuel Arrives at ORNL

    “Research quantities” of high-burn-up spent nuclear fuel – reportedly about 100 pounds – have arrived at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, where the highly radioactive material will be tested and studied in one of the lab’s hot-cell facilities. “ORNL is in receipt of research quantities of high-burn-up commercial fuel from the North Anna […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    Further Leadership Shuffling at CNS

    Michelle Reichert has been promised to the No. 2 position on the management team at Consolidated Nuclear Security, the government’s management and operations contractor at the Y-12 and Pantex nuclear weapons facilities. According to Monday’s announcement by CNS President and CEO Morgan Smith, Todd Ailes will succeed Reichert as the site manager at the Pantex […]

  • International

    Think Tank Blasts Australian Waste Plan

    A plan that is estimated to pump tens of billions of dollars into the South Australian economy and provide the state with free electricity and jobs is being dismissed as an “impossible dream” by a Canberra think tank. Introduced in 2015 as “the nuclear opportunity,” South Australia Sen. Sean Edwards’ plan would reportedly tap into Asia’s market […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Portsmouth Site Specific Advisory Board Gets Kudos From Local Chamber

    The Pike County Chamber of Commerce recognized the Portsmouth Site Specific Advisory Board as its 2015 organization of the year, the Energy Department wrote in a Feb. 12 press release. Established in 2008, the board provides community input and recommendations to DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, which is responsible for legacy waste cleanup at the […]

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