Vol. 6, No. 25 NNSA’s Huizenga is Acting Secretary of Energy
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Announces New Hanford Tank Waste Contract
Less than a month after officially calling off a $13-billion liquid-waste cleanup award at the Hanford Site, the Department of Energy has started procurement of a replacement pact called the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract, with a draft solicitation expected by March. The draft request for proposals (RFP) will, unlike the now-revoked tank-waste contract awarded […]
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Vitrification & Grout
Parsons, DOE Complete Hot Commissioning of Salt Waste Processing Facility
The Department of Energy and Parsons Corp. have finished hot commissioning of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Parsons, which designed and built the 140,000-square-foot plant to treat salt waste left over from Cold War era atomic weapons work, will run the facility for a year before turning […]
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Budget & Policy
Former DOE Nuclear Chief Baranwal Joins Energy Think Tank
Former Department of Energy official Dr. Rita Baranwal broke a year of social media silence Wednesday to announce that she is filling a senior position at the Electric Power Research Institute, her new professional home post-Trump administration. Baranwal joined the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as the chief nuclear officer and vice president of the […]
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Budget & Policy
Farewell Dispatches From Dan Brouillette, 15th Secretary of Energy
Editor’s note: Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th President of the United States, meaning that President Donald Trump and his cabinet have left town, including Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillettee. Biden has selected former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) as his Secretary of Energy. She is scheduled to have a confirmation hearing […]