Vol. 9, No. 22 Jurisdiction, NRC ‘parade of horribles’ dominate oral arguments in Diablo Canyon lawsuit
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Cleanup & Remediation
Jacobs-led contractor taps new president at West Valley Demonstration Project
The Jacobs-led remediation contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state announced this week Jason Casper is its new president and general manager, succeeding the recently-retired John Rendall. Rendall led CH2M HILL BWXT West Valley since February 2020 and worked with Department of Energy contractor CH2M, now part of Jacobs, since […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EPA offers court schedule for responding to Oak Ridge landfill documents request
In coming weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will review hundreds more documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request about a new low-level radioactive waste landfill at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, according to a Jan. 5 court filing. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Parsons gets $21-million deal for Los Alamos construction management
Parsons Corp. announced the award of a $21 million task order by the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Infrastructure to continue managing construction projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The task order, from Parsons’ $160 million ceiling-value Enterprise Construction Management Services (ECMS) contract awarded in 2022, is for design and construction management support at […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Furstenau to step in as Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s top civvy; Dorman to retire
Raymond Furstenau will temporarily become the Nuclear Regulatory Commission executive director on Jan. 27, when Daniel Dorman, the current director is set to retire, the commission announced Wednesday. Furstenau, who leads the NRC’s Office of Research, will act as the commission’s chief operating officer, managing personnel and delegating technical and regulatory work on NRC-licensed facilities […]