Weapons Complex Vol 25 No 15 Interim WTP Pretreatment System Could Cost $300M, DOE Official Says
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Considering Establishing An Ombudsman Capability
Board Working To Address Staff Morale Concerns Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/11/2014 The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is considering establishing some sort of ombudsman capability as part of its efforts to address staff morale concerns, DNFSB Chairman… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Taking More Time to ID Source of WIPP Rad. Release
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/11/2014 The push to identify the cause of the Feb. 14 radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant continued this week, as workers moved to establish a third base underground. Last week, workers set up two bases of operations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Transuranic Waste
ITG in Talks with DOE on How it Can Earn Fee with WIPP Shutdown
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/11/2014 With operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant currently on hold, and the timetable for their resumption unclear, Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, is in discussions with the Department of Energy on modifying how it will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
UK Cleanup Focus
Dounreay Costs May Go up £200 Million Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/11/2014 The last eight double-shell waste tanks built at Hanford had only minor construction issues, according to the final construction review report released by the Department of Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
FY15 Budget for Hanford Could Lead to Missed Milestones, Sen. Warns
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/11/2014 Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) warned this week that the Department of Energy’s proposed Fiscal Year 2015 budget for Hanford could put milestones at risk of being missed. Hanford came in for one of the largest… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
Ports. D&D Contractor Defends Plan To Descope Work from Pro2Serve
Fluor-B&W Portsmouth Says It Can Save Money Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/11/2014 Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, sought to defend its plan to self-perform some work at the Portsmouth D&D project currently being handled by Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Decommissioning
DOE Cleanup Chief Defends Cut to FY15 Oak Ridge D&D
Says Department Hopes to Begin U-233 Shipments to Nevada ‘Later This Year’ Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/11/2014 Department of Energy cleanup chief David Huizenga this week defended DOE’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]
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Contracts & Procurement
ATL to Purchase DeNuke Services
Sale to be Completed Within the Month Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/11/2014 Advanced Technologies and Laboratories (ATL) has entered into an agreement to purchase DeNuke Services—a sale DeNuke Services President Fred Gardner said this week that he expects to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
Work Underway on Vit Plant Test Facility In about three weeks the control tower outside the Full Scale Vessel Test Facility at Washington State University Tri-Cities will grow to 90 feet tall, as part of an effort to geometrically mimic conditions at the Hanford… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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National Laboratories
At Oak Ridge
Will WAI Have Unfair Advantage for Sludge Contract? Some potential bidders on the new contract to provide architect and engineering services for design of the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts Project at the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center appear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
SWPF, Tank Closure Teams Earn DOE Awards The Department of Energy this week doled out two Honor Awards related to tank waste cleanup at the Savannah River Site, one to the Salt Waste Processing Renegotiation Team and one to the tank closure team. The SWPF team… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up: In DOE, In Congress, In the Industry
IN DOE The current tension between the United States and Russia over Ukraine appears to have scuttled a planned Russian visit later this month to Hanford. A group of technical representatives from Russia’s mining and chemical combine, the Rosatom state nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]