Weapons Complex Vol 25 No 16 Wash. State Rejects DOE Proposal to Modify Hanford Consent Decree
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Transuranic Waste
Two Months after WIPP Release, Still No ID of Contamination Source
DOE Appoints Senderling, Teynor to Head Federal Recovery Team Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/18/2014 While this week marked two months since the Feb. 14 radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, teams entering the mine still have not identified the source of the incident. In the past week, the two recovery teams entered the […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
As SWPF Startup Talks Drag On, DOE Looking at Alternatives
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/18/2014 The Department of Energy is reportedly examining alternatives to commissioning the Savannah River Site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility as startup talks for the project with facility contractor Parsons have gone on for more than six months without resolution. Parsons submitted a “best and final offer” in late March for commissioning […]
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Decommissioning
K-25 Contamination in City Sludge Being Shipped to Perma-Fix Facility
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/18/2014 After technetium from the K-25 demolition ended up in an Oak Ridge city wastewater treatment plant, the Department of Energy is making progress in shipping contaminated sewer sludge to the Perma-Fix Northwest Richland facility for processing. Cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, wrapped up recently the high-profile effort at the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Seeks Comment on Benefits Test for Hanford 222-S Lab RFP
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/18/2014 The Department of Energy is seeking industry comment as to whether an employee benefits test should be added to the planned Request for Proposals for the new contract to perform analysis and testing services at Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory. According to a notice issued this week, DOE is considering adding a […]
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Budget & Policy
Senator Seeks Funding for DOE Program on Uranium/Thorium Sites
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/18/2014 While the Department of Energy is not seeking any funding next year for a program to reimburse the costs of cleaning up a set of sites that produced uranium and thorium, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) has requested $54 million in Fiscal Year 2015 for the effort from Senate […]
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International
UK Cleanup Focus
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/18/2014 NDA Launches Magnox Transition, No Challenges So Far The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has launched a five-month transition period for Cavendish Fluor Partnership to take over management of 10 Magnox power plants and two research reactor sites after no legal challenges to the contract award were filed during a recent 10-day […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
Is State Too Focused on Tank Cleanup? The state of Washington’s focus on Hanford tank issues could come at a big price to work at the rest of the site, according to the Tri-City Development Council. TRIDEC warned Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson in a letter this week that some of those […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up: In Congress, In DOE
IN CONGRESS The House Cleanup Caucus this week announced the schedule for this year’s set of briefings on specific Department of Energy cleanup sites. The schedule includes: — Idaho National Laboratory on April 30 at 4 p.m. in Room 1334 of the Longworth House Office Building; — Hanford’s Richland Operations Office on May 1 at […]
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National Laboratories
At Oak Ridge
Questions Persist over Subcontractor Raid Three months after federal law enforcement agents raided the office of a subcontractor to URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC (UCOR), the purpose of the raid remains unclear. On Jan. 16, agents with the FBI and the Department of Energy Inspector General’s Office removed records from the office of Transportation, Operations and […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
After Injury at DWPF, DOE Seeks Improvements The Department of Energy’s Office of Health, Safety and Security this week noted several issues as a result of an investigation into a shoulder injury last year suffered by a Savannah River Remediation worker. The injury occurred in March 2013 at the Defense Waste Processing Facility during replacement […]