Weapons Complex Vol 25 No 19 WIPP May Be Closed for Up to Three Years, Recovery Manager Says
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Cleanup & Remediation
FY 2015 Funding Challenges Appear Set to Slow Ports. D&D Progress
Fluor-B&W Past Halfway Point of Removing Cells from Former Enrichment Process Building Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, has reached a significant milestone in cleaning out one of the three former enrichment process buildings… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Oak Ridge Cleanup Chief to Serve as New EM No. 2
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Oak Ridge cleanup chief Mark Whitney has been tapped to serve as the new No. 2 official in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. Effective May 18, Whitney will hold the position of EM Principal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
With WIPP Down, Idaho and Oak Ridge Seek Ways to Continue TRU Processing
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/9/2014 During the protracted shutdown of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, sites with transuranic waste, including Oak Ridge and Idaho, are coming up with solutions to storage issues in order to keep processing waste. While waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Despite RFP Uncertainty, DOE Says it Can Award TWPC Work by Early 2015
Contract to be Set-Aside for Small Businesses, Official Says Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/9/2014 While the schedule for release of a Request for Proposals for the new contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center is uncertain, the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
House Appropriators Unveil $34.01 Billion Allocation for E&W Subcommittee
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 5/9/2014 The House Appropriations Committee formally unveiled its subcommittee allocations for Fiscal Year 2015 this week, and lawmakers on the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee will have a little less funding to work… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
D&D Fund Contribution Removed from FY 2015 House Defense Auth. Bill
Bill Reported Out of Committee Late This Week Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Members of the House Armed Services Committee dropped funding for a new federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund from the Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Still No Schedule for CEUSP Shipments to Nevada for Disposal
DOE-State Working Group Again Met This Week to Discuss Issues Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/9/2014 While a Department of Energy and Nevada working group met again this week to discuss controversial proposed shipments of uranium-233, there is still no timeline… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Former URS Exec. Johnson to Lead Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Former URS executive Carol Johnson has been picked as the new head of Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, WC Monitor has learned, after President and CEO Dwayne… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Issues at Savannah River Site Continue to Impact Productivity
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Numerous issues handled by the Savannah River Site’s two cleanup contractors so far this year have impacted productivity at the site, including the temporary suspension of operations at H-Canyon, according to a recently… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
EM Advisory Boards Warn FY15 Request ‘Insufficient’ for Milestones
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/9/2014 With numerous cleanup milestones at risk due to insufficient budget requests, the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s set of ECitizens Advisory Boards are emphasizing that DOE should ask for adequate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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International
UK Cleanup Focus
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Regulator Issues ‘Formal Cautions’ after Sellafield Contamination Incident The U.K.’s Office for Nuclear Regulation last week issued “formal cautions” to two Sellafield workers after a contamination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
More Sludge Sent to Perma-Fix WC Monitor 5/9/2014 A second 5,000-gallon shipment of radioactive sludge has made its way from Oak Ridge to Richland, Wash.,for treatment and there could be another dozen or more as the Department of Energy works to clean up an Oak… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
DOE Manager to Retire WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Matt McCormick, Manager of the Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office, announced this week that he is retiring from federal service in mid-June. McCormick has been at the post since July 2010, and prior… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
On WIPP
NWP Awards WIPP Records Subcontract to TFE WC Monitor 5/9/2014 Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based TFE, Inc. has won a new subcontract to provide records management services at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The subcontract is worth $24.5 million over five years and is set… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: In Congress, In DOE, In the DNFSB, In the Industry
WC Monitor 5/9/2014 IN CONGRESS The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to hold a hearing next week to consider the nomination of Monica Regalbuto to serve as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management. The hearing is scheduled… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]