Vol. 7, No. 25

Transuranic Waste

Clock ticking on GAO investigation of WIPP contract protests

In a matter of weeks, the Government Accountability Office could rule on two protests against the Department of Energy’s decision to let a Bechtel National-led group run the agency’s only underground repository for defense-related transuranic waste. There are two appeals pending against the potentially 10-year, $3-billion management and operations contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot […]
  • Plutonium Pit Production

    SRS prime inks labor accord for future South Carolina pit plant

    The prime contractor at the Savannah River Site last week signed a project labor agreement with a consortium of 19 labor unions for construction of the larger of the National Nuclear Security Administration plutonium pit plants. The Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and the Augusta Building and Construction Trades Council inked the accord in Augusta, […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE office of nuclear energy considering big HALEU buy as defense, civilian interests converge

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy is considering the purchase of up to 25 metric tons annually of high-assay low enriched uranium, the office said Thursday in a request that solicited both information about and sources of the material. The office envisions at least a six-year contract for the material, to begin “as […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Contractors could plead to submitting false bills at Savannah River

    Two research contractors for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory could enter guilty pleas next week for allegedly submitting false bills to the federal agency for nearly a decade, according to filings in the U.S. District Court for South Carolina. Greenway Energy and Savannah River Consulting, both of which have agreed to plead […]

  • Decommissioning

    Most California voters support Diablo Canyon life extension, UC Berkeley poll finds

    The recent effort to keep California’s last operating nuclear power plant online enjoys bipartisan support among voters in the Golden State, according to a university poll published Friday. Among registered voters in California, 56% said that they support keeping Diablo Canyon Power Plant online five years past its scheduled 2025 shutdown date, according to polling […]

  • Budget & Policy

    This week

    Here is an event related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week October 12: Meeting: The Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board for Oak Ridge holds a hybrid meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The session will be held at the DOE Information Center, Office of Science and […]

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