Vol. 5, No. 6

Plutonium Pit Production

MOX Services Hit With Misused Funds, Retaliation Claims in Unsealed Suit

A recently unsealed lawsuit accuses a former U.S. Department of Energy contractor at the Savannah River Site’s now-canceled plutonium recycling plant of filings thousands of dollars’ worth of false claims by paying out relocation packages to an employee who never actually moved. Then, when employee Peter Michael Wanco Jr. resigned from MOX Services after allegedly […]
  • Contracts & Procurement

    Potential Bidders Have Many Questions About DOE National Deactivation Contract

    The U.S. Energy Department’s request for proposals (RFP) for the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal contract has seemingly sparked significant interest from the contractor community. Vendors submitted 152 questions in response to the agency procurement for the potential 10-year, $3 billion award. The DOE Office of Environmental Management in December released the final request for […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA Pledges Several Steps Toward Common Financial Reporting This Year

    The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) pledged to this year implement several incremental steps toward a common financial reporting system that Congress has ordered put in place by December, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. The GAO’s report includes a letter from NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty describing three steps the agency […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    BWXT Vice President Becomes Chief Administrative Officer

    Lynchburg, Va. -based BWX Technologies has promoted Richard Loving to a newly created post of senior vice president and chief administrative officer (CAO). Loving has been senior vice president for human resources at BWXT since mid-2016. He has about 40 years of management experience in manufacturing, energy, and government operations, according to a press release. […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Orano Completes Highest Heat-Load Spent Fuel Transfer

    The logistics branch of nuclear company Orano at the end of 2019 wrapped up the transfer to dry storage of spent fuel canisters with the highest heat load to date at U.S. power plants, according to a Jan. 15 press release. At the customer’s request, Orano is not identifying the nuclear power plant where the […]

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