Vol. 8, No. 57

Contracts & Procurement

Bidders for disputed Hanford contract anticipate second legal round, ask judge to retain records

Parties fighting over a $45-billion Department of Energy radioactive tank waste cleanup contract at the Hanford Site in Washington say there is a good chance of ending up back before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and, with that in mind, want the judge to hang onto key records. The parties made the motion in […]
  • Plutonium Pit Production

    Floors poured for Los Alamos pit production warehouses; opening this fall

    Hensel Phelps, a construction subcontractor working at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, recently completed concrete placements for four warehouses that will provide more than a football field’s worth of additional storage capacity and workspace.  Approximately 5,000 cubic yards of concrete were laid for the foundation on June 15, a milestone the lab announced […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Very low likelihood of Nevada groundwater plume reaching civilization any time soon, board hears

    An advisory board recommended Nevada National Security Site proceed with its current plans to sample potentially contaminated groundwater in the location’s northwest corner.  The Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board unanimously recommended Thursday that the site continue its plan to sample the Pahute Mesa for tritium-laced water in fiscal 2025. The 1,355-square-mile site has already sampled […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Panel interested in advising DOE on issues involving WIPP, in addition to Los Alamos

    The Department of Energy’s Northern New Mexico Advisory Board, which provides input on cleanup issues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, asked the acting head of the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management last week about expanding its role to include the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. William (Ike) White, the senior adviser for DOE’s […]

  • International

    IAEA finds no heavy weapons, fewer explosions at Ukraine’s embattled nuclear plant

    International Atomic Energy Agency officials have carried out additional inspections at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant over the past week without finding any heavy military equipment, explosives or mines, but they are still awaiting access to the rooftops of the reactor buildings, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said on July 20. During visits to portions […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 24: Meeting: The DOE’s Citizens Advisory Board for the Savannah River Site holds a hybrid meeting starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The session, which will be streamed via Youtube, will originate from Augusta Technical College—Waynesboro, […]

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