Vol. 4, No. 53 Thornberry, Top House GOP Armed Services Member, to Leave Congress in 2021
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Plutonium Pit Production
Supreme Court Will Consider Next Month Whether to Hear MFFF Arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court will next month mull whether to hear arguments that an appeals court illegally blocked South Carolina from trying to stop the Department of Energy from canceling the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) at the Savannah River Site. The Supreme Court has scheduled the case for conference on Oct. 11, a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River Remediation Ordered to Pay $1.5M in Discrimination Suit
A federal jury on Friday ordered a contractor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site to pay nearly $1.5 million in damages and back pay to a former employee who said she was subjected to wrongful retaliation after she was laid off six years ago. Jurors who heard the case last week agreed race could not be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River Manager Could Net $250M in Fees, if DOE Picks Up Extension Options
The Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) could be eligible for around $250 million in fees over three years, if the Department of Energy picks up the team’s options to manage the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., according to the text of a contract modification awarded over the summer. The modification, signed on July […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE Quiet After Deadline to Cull Advisory Committees
The deadline came and went Monday for the Department of Energy and other federal agencies to terminate at least one-third of their federal advisory committees, but it was not clear Tuesday morning whether the agency had complied with the directive. A DOE spokesperson did not immediately reply to a request for a list of committees […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Draft ROD for Oak Ridge Landfill Delayed Again
The U.S. Energy Department is again delaying issuance of a draft record of decision (ROD) for its proposed new 2.2-million-cubic yard landfill for the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The document had been due Monday. A DOE spokesman said by email Monday the ROD’s release was pushed back another month, until Oct. 31. It was […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Navy Exercises $1B Option on Fluor Naval Nuclear Contract
The U.S. Navy has exercised a $1 billion option for fiscal 2020 for Fluor Marine Propulsion, a subsidiary of the troubled engineering giant that is selling off its government contracting business, to continue work on nuclear propulsion systems for U.S. warships and submarines. Fluor Marine Propulsion has managed the joint Department of Energy-Navy Naval Nuclear […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
North Wind Lands Energy Dept. Business at Livermore, Santa Susana
Idaho-based North Wind Group is picking up about $30 million worth of additional business in California from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. Within the past week, the company received word of a $22 million award for services at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, as well as a two-year extension, worth between […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC Makes Vermont an Agreement State
Vermont on Monday officially became the 39th agreement state to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It now assumes primary responsibility for regulatory oversight of radioactive materials within state borders, though that does not include the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant being decommissioned. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and NRC Chairman Kristine Svinicki signed the agreement on […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps Issues Sources Sought Notice for FUSRAP Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking capability statements from contractors ahead of an anticipated procurement for remediation services at the Luckey Site in Ohio under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The Army Corps issued a sources sought notice on Sept. 24. Capability statements are due by 10 a.m. Eastern time […]