Vol. 8, No. 46 Savannah River plutonium facility half designed, aiming for construction completion in 2032
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12, Pantex, other NNSA sites challenged with inexperienced workforce as modernization challenges loom
KNOXVILLE – More than half of the employees at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Production Office, which encompasses both the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee and the Pantex Plant in Texas, have been working for the nuclear enterprise for less than five years, according to agency and contractor officials. There are about 12,000 employees […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Portsmouth, Paducah contracts extended by DOE; agency tight-lipped about follow-up award
The Department of Energy has extended through January existing contracts for environmental cleanup and depleted uranium work at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky. The contracts for both Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, which handles decontamination and decommissioning, and Atkins-led Mid-America Conversion Services, which does the depleted uranium work, will now run through […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Enviros say claims about Diablo Canyon 1 embrittlement too urgent for NRC staff
Environmentalists say their plea to shut down Diablo Canyon’s Unit 1 reactor is too important to be treated like a routine Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceeding and should be sent directly to the commission immediately. The environmental groups, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth, say Unit 1’s reactor pressure vessel is […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Wind, solar companies among those window-shopping Hanford clean energy potential
About 30 companies, many better known for electric generation than work around the weapons complex, took part in the Department of Energy’s Cleanup to Clean Energy day at the Hanford Site in Washington state, according to data posted after the Sept. 22 gathering. Some of the big names include Shell, Next Era Energy, which describes […]
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Contracts & Procurement
West Valley draft RFP presentation draws big crowd
About three dozen businesses turned out Sept. 21-22 to learn about the potential $3 billion contract for Phase 1B of Department of Energy cleanup at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state, according to online documents. While the big crowd included plenty of the usual names around the weapons complex, one curiously absent […]