Vol. 8, No. 49 House armed services marking up 2024 authorization bill Wednesday with small funding boost for NNSA
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
EnergySolutions sees Kewaunee as potential home to new nuclear generation
Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions is exploring the idea of using the shuttered Kewaunee Nuclear Generating Station in Wisconsin and some of its other decommissioning sites as potential locations for future new nuclear power sites. “We are in the early phases of exploring the use of EnergySolutions -owned former nuclear sites such as Kewaunee,” for new […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Employees suing over lost wages restate case against CNS, again seek class-action status
Employees suing Consolidated Nuclear Security over allegedly withheld wages responded late last week to the company’s request that a court throw the case out, again arguing that the contractor shorted them a paycheck in 2017. Plaintiffs James Myers, James Young and Douglas Messerli have so far been unsuccessful in certifying a class action lawsuit on […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE small biz Q&A includes details on Santa Susana work; bids due in July
The Department of Energy last week gave feedback to contractors on its expectations for a national small business procurement for nuclear cleanup, a solicitation where bids are now due July 10. In the latest batch of questions and answers for the Small Business Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal procurement, DOE’s cleanup office fielded inquiries on […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Looking for work? Cleanup sites could hire 40,000 or more in 5 years
While it is hardly a secret that Department of Energy weapons complex sites are badly in need of fresh blood to compensate for a wave of retirements, a recent analysis by a contractor group quantifies the scope of the situation. The Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG), which holds its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., later […]