Vol. 4, No. 49 Smith Blames Air Force Mishandling of Proprietary Info for Boeing’s GBSD Exit
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Contracts & Procurement
Advisory Board: DOE Nuclear Cleanup End-State Contracting Needs Clarity, Proper Staffing
A year after the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management initiated its end-state contracting model, confusion remains over exactly what that approach involves, whether leadership is still behind it, and if staff is ready to execute. These are among the key takeaways Tuesday when DOE’s Environmental Management Advisory Board formally adopted a report on human […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Feasibility Study Planned for Entombing Oak Ridge Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
U.S. Department of Energy officials are continuing to evaluate the possibility of entombing the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, possibly burying contaminated structures below ground in grout. The DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is starting a planning process that could be part of a phased […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Senators Refile Spent Fuel Dry-Storage Legislation
Three U.S. senators on Wednesday reintroduced legislation intended to expedite the transfer of radioactive spent fuel into dry storage at nuclear power plants. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is lead sponsor on the legislation, with co-sponsors Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “Addressing the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel is critical for the […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Barrasso Still Readying Draft Nuke Waste Bill
The United States must finally settle on a strategy for disposition of spent nuclear fuel if it hopes to revitalize its atomic energy sector, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said Wednesday, without offering a timeline for introduction of a bill intended to help achieve that goal. Barrasso discussed the matter in starting off a hearing of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
National Academies Panel Extends Comment Period on Hanford Supplemental Waste Treatment
The National Academies committee studying supplemental treatment of low-activity waste at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state is accepting public comments until Nov. 20 on its upcoming report. The comment period was originally scheduled to end Oct. 13. A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel is reviewing a predecisional report […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS Contractor Seeks Dismissal of $1M Relief Motion from Former Worker
The liquid waste contractor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site says it should not have to pay an additional $1 million to a former employee after it already paid $1.5 million last month following a jury decision in a discrimination lawsuit. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) also said in a Nov. 8 filing […]