Vol. 8, No. 64

Cleanup & Remediation

DOE suspends work at Hanford’s 324 building as more contamination found

The Department of Energy and its Amentum-led contractor have suspended work stabilizing the 324 Building within the Hanford Site in Washington state after discovering far more radiologically-contaminated soil underneath than previously thought. Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have confirmed that “a much larger volume of highly contaminated soil will need to be remediated […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC down to four; Baran’s term lapses after Senate runs out the clock

    Until last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had a full slate of five commissioners for the first time since 2019. Now, the civilian nuclear power regulator is down to four after the Senate left town without voting on whether to give Jeffrey Baran, the longest-serving NRC commission, another five years at the agency. The realm […]

  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Savannah River hiring logistics specialists for large construction project

    Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, which manages and operates portions of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site wants to hire a company for an undisclosed “large capital project,” according to a notice on the federal government contracting website.  Located about 15 miles south of Aiken, South Carolina, the Savannah River Site (SRS) comprises 310 contiguous […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE starts market research from scratch on new Paducah landlord contract

    After a legal battle concluded the December 2020 winner of the Infrastructure Support Services business for the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky too large for the small business set-aside award, the agency is doing fresh market research for a new landlord contractor. The DOE Office of Environmental Management on Friday June 30 published […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE appoints co-deputy directors at West Valley

    The No. 2 Department of Energy manager at the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York, Craig Rieman, has left to take another job within the agency, members of a local task force heard last Wednesday. Bryan Bower, DOE’s manager of the West Valley cleanup, announced the move last Wednesday, June 28, during a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Correction

    An article in the June 27 edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing [Acting boss Ike White hits work anniversary at EM] should have said that William (Ike) White has now been at the helm of the Office of Environmental Management for four years. 

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