Vol. 5, No. 37

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Return-to-Work Approaches Piloted at Weapons Sites Coming to DOE HQ

The first employees who return to Department of Energy headquarters buildings in Washington, D.C., and nearby Maryland, whenever that might be, will get a taste of the new normal their colleagues at nuclear sites have experienced for weeks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new agency guidance shows. Temperature checks, pre-arrival symptom questionnaires, and continued social distancing […]
  • Contracts & Procurement

    No Transition Set Yet for Hanford Site Services

    The Energy Department has yet to issue a notice to proceed to the new services contractor selected late last year for the Hanford Site in Washington state, Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS). Typically, most new vendors receive the notice to start transition shortly after either winning the award or prevailing in any protest against […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Waste Control Specialists to Receive DOE Sole-Source Contract for Administrative Support

    The Energy Department intends to issue a sole-source contract to Waste Control Specialists (WCS) for continued administrative support for certain radioactive material already stored at its Andrews County, Texas, facility. In a pair of notices published Monday and Tuesday on a federal procurement website, the Energy Department said it wants to prevent a lapse in […]

  • Decommissioning

    All Used Fuel Transferred to Dry Storage at Fort Calhoun Station

    The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) in Nebraska on May 13 completed moving all spent fuel at the retired Fort Calhoun Station nuclear power plant into dry storage. Workers began moving the first of 30 canisters on Oct. 14, 2019. Overall, the 30 canisters hold 944 bundles of used fuel, according to a presentation given […]

  • Decommissioning

    FirstEnergy Corp. Announces Leadership Changes

    FirstEnergy Corp. on Tuesday announced a long list of changes in its executive suite, starting with President and CEO Chuck Jones peeling off one of his titles. The Board of Directors for the Akron, Ohio-based power company on Tuesday approved executive Steven Strah’s appointment as president, with Jones remaining in the top spot at CEO […]

  • International

    U.K. Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd. Picks Contractors for £65M in Work

    The United Kingdom’s privately operated Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd. (LLWR) on Monday said it would distribute as much as £65 million ($79.8 million) among six companies for radioactive waste treatment services. The “framework contract” has a four-year ordering period, according to an LLWR press release. The participating companies are: Active Collection Bureau, Augean Treatment, Cyclife […]

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