Vol. 8, No. 55 New Mexico lawmakers hear from state enforcement agency about interim storage ban
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Contracts & Procurement
Presentation details Jacobs government contracting biz, now on the sales block
Jacobs’ government contracting segment, which is up for sale, accounted for 42% of the entire company’s business in fiscal year 2022, according to a recent investor presentation. Another Department of Energy weapons complex contractor, Amentum, is reportedly in the running to acquire Jacobs’ contracting business. There are at least two other suitors in the running, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Mediator appointed in Portsmouth wrongful death case
A federal district court in Ohio has assigned a Columbus attorney to act as mediator in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against current and former contractors at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site. John Camillus was assigned Oct. 2 to be mediator in the case, surrounding the death of a 13-year-old Piketon, Ohio boy, Braden […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Decom site for former nuclear-Navy barge safe for other uses, NRC finds after review of contractor data
The decommissioning site of a barge used for more than 50 years to service nuclear-powered Navy ships appears safe for unrestricted release, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in documents posted online Tuesday. The Surface Ship Support Barge’s decommissioning site in Mobile, Ala., is not an NRC-licensed site, but if it were, it “would have met […]
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International
New IAEA team arrives at Ukrainian nuclear plant with Japanese-donated armored vehicles
A new team of nuclear experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived at Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant on Oct. 4, the twelfth rotation since the agency established a permanent presence at the site in September 2022. Teams from the International Atomic Energy Agency have been working with Russian and Ukrainian officials, as well […]