Vol. 8, No. 70

Non-Proliferation

Conventional underground explosion in Nevada helps U.S. worldwide nuke detection

Last week, a team of engineers at the Nevada National Security Site detonated an explosive device underground in hopes of improving the U.S. ability to detect lower-yield nuclear explosions elsewhere in the world.  A National Nuclear Security Administration-led team conducted what the agency called a “subsurface chemical explosion” in the P tunnel in Area 12 […]
  • Contracts & Procurement

    After final RFP, DOE to interview key personnel of West Valley bidders in person

    In a return to pre-pandemic practice, the Department of Energy said last week it will vet management teams in person for the next $3 billion cleanup contract at the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York. In a special notice, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said it would hold its oral interviews and problem […]

  • Decommissioning

    Aptim-Amentum team wins $96M contract to take down old reactor in Alaska

    The APTIM-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning joint venture has won a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract worth $95.5 million over six years to take down an old reactor at Fort Greely, Alaska, Amentum said last week. The Army Corps Baltimore District awarded the contract to decommission and dismantle the SM-1A Reactor Facility, Amentum said in a […]

  • Reindustrialization & Redevelopment

    DOE nuclear boss Huff, young Oppenheimer among speakers for INL Cleanup to Clean Energy session

    Kathryn Huff, the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy, will headline the Cleanup to Clean Energy industry day Wednesday at the agency’s Idaho National Laboratory. Others speakers will include Lance Lacroix, who heads DOE’s Idaho operations office, Idaho National Laboratory director John Wagner, DOE Deputy Director of the Office of Management Ingrid Kolb, […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. October 25: Meeting: The Idaho Cleanup Project’s Citizens Advisory Board holds a hybrid meeting starting from 9 a.m. Mountain Time from Sun Valley Resort  at 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, ID 83353.  To participate virtually, […]

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