Vol. 1, No. 13

Cleanup & Remediation

Los Alamos Lab Cleanup Consent Order to be Made Public This Month

PHOENIX — The public will get its first look at a new proposed consent agreement governing DOE cleanup of legacy nuclear waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) near Los Alamos, N.M. on March 30, a state official said here at the 2016 Waste Management Conference. “We’re targeting March 30 for the document to go up for […]
  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Public Comment Period Closing on NRC Rulemaking

    Stakeholders and interested parties have until March 18 to file public comments regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rulemaking that will address regulatory changes for decommissioning power reactors. Vice president of Nuclear Decommissioning at power company Entergy, Steven Scheurich, said during a phone interview Friday that the organization is working with the Nuclear Energy Institute […]

  • Decommissioning

    More Delays Expected With STURGIS Decommissioning

    Decommissioning work for the STURGIS barge could be on hold another two months, as project coordinators said Monday that they are continuing to experience delays in implementing a solution to a potential equipment mismatch. Following a holiday break, crews had planned to return to work in February for the estimated $34.6 million decommissioning project in […]

  • Budget & Policy

    IG Says DOE Not Effectively Completing Audit Report Corrective Actions

    The Department of Energy’s (DOE) corrective actions in response to Inspector General (IG) audit findings over the years have often been “incomplete, ineffective, or untimely,” the IG said in a report released last week. It said that corrective actions identified in 88 percent of 48 IG reports closed in fiscal 2011-2014 had not been completed […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    DOE Seeking Information on Post-2018 Hanford Medical Contract

    The Energy Department is seeking information, but no bids yet, about a contract to manage occupational medical services at the highly contaminated Hanford Site in Washington state, the agency said Monday. DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center released the sources sought/request for information online, with the aim of learning more about what industry can offer […]

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