Vol. 5, No. 65 Pits, Tank Waste, Contractor Crackdown Make DOE Inspector General’s List of Challenges for FY21
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nuclear Waste Fund Grows to $42.6 Billion
The Nuclear Waste Fund held $42.6 billion in U.S. Treasury securities at the end of the 2020 fiscal year, up from $40.9 billion last year, according to this year’s annual independent Department of Energy audit. Accounting firm KPMG performs the audit each year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Where Biden’s Potential Energy Secretaries Stand on Interim Storage
President-elect Joe Biden will announce his Secretary of Energy soon, according to his newly appointed chief of staff Ron Klain. Likely contenders include people who served in the Department of Energy during the Obama administration, including former secretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Don’t Rush the Turkey Portsmouth Services Bidders; EM Extends Deadline
Potential bidders on the new Infrastructure Support Services Contract at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio can perhaps take time to watch football and eat turkey over Thanksgiving, as the agency has extended the deadline from Dec. 1 until Dec.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Prime Gets More Time to Respond to Subcontractor Suit
The venture that manages the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico will have until Dec. 21 to reply to a lawsuit brought last month by the construction contractor it fired this summer after slower-than-anticipated progress on a major… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River Area’s Georgia Congressman Tests Positive for COVID-19
Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.), whose district includes Augusta, a major bedroom community for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in neighboring South Carolina, has tested positive for the coronavirus. “I have been undergoing regular COVID-19 testing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
South Bruce Residents May Not Support NWMO’s Plans for a Deep Geological Repository
Some residents of South Bruce, Ontario, the pop. 5,000 potential host site of Canada’s sole permanent geological repository, don’t approve of or don’t understand the government’s plan to store waste there, according to a poll. South Bruce is one of two… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Editorial: Giving Thanks for the Roof Over Your Head, While it Lasts
Thanksgiving has plenty in common with a congressional hearing about nuclear-weapons production infrastructure, if you think about it. One day, a lot of folks who know each other well but see each other seldom gather round a big table, make small talk, and (to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
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