Vol. 8, No. 25 
Project manager for Hanford vit plant dies unexpectedly
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High-Level & Tank Waste
New milestone agreement for SRS: liquid waste-tanks to ‘operationally’ close by 2037
The Department of Energy and state and federal regulators agreed that the agency will finish cleaning up most liquid waste at the former plutonium production site near the Georgia line by 2037, the agency and the site’s prime contractor announced Tuesday morning. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, DOE and the U.S. […]
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Budget & Policy
NNSA administrator, military nuclear leaders set to testify before House strategic forces subcommittee
The head of the National Nuclear Security Administration was scheduled to testify Tuesday at 9 a.m. before the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, where she will take questions on the agency’s fiscal 2024 budget request. NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby will be joined by John Plumb assistant secretary of defense for space policy, Deborah Rosenblum […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
5th circuit affirms national injunction against Biden COVID-19 vax mandate
A U.S. appeals court recently upheld a nation-wide injunction against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for most federal workers. The ruling 10-6 ruling on Thursday from a majority of judges on the New Orleans-based U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of appeals, who heard oral arguments in September, upheld the January 2022 preliminary injunction issued by […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE officially cancels 2020 Swift & Staley Paducah contract
Following a December court decision, the Department of Energy is officially canceling the solicitation that resulted in incumbent Swift & Staley winning — and then eventually losing — a new set-aside contract two years earlier for landlord services at the Paducah Site in Kentucky. “DOE has determined that canceling this solicitation is in the best […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix hammered in 2022, but COVID pressures eased and Hanford deal looms
Perma-Fix, Atlanta, closed out a tough 2022 with bigger losses and less revenue than a year ago, but the ill-effects of COVID-19 on the company’s business tapered off last year, the chief executive officer said last week. “While 2022 was a challenging year due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed projects […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB still looking for operations exec, board tells Congress in annual report
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is still looking for a successor to its first executive director of operations, who left in August, the board said in a recent report to Congress. “The board is actively recruiting to fill that vacancy in 2023,” according to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s 33rd Annual Report to […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC inspectors heading to Monticello after another tritium leak shutters plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is headed out to the Xcel Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, which the operator shut down on Saturday after water containing tritium leaked into the groundwater at the plant. “The amount of leakage is still being quantified,” the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a notice posted online Monday. “Monitoring of groundwater […]