Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 2 DOE CONSIDERING CREATING NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
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Cleanup & Remediation
LAWMAKERS WANT DOE TO RANK REMAINING RISKS IN CLEANUP PROGRAM
FY14 Omnibus Would Boost EM Funding Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 In a move that could have significant implications for how the Department of Energy plans and funds future cleanup activities, lawmakers are directing DOE to bring in an outside group of experts… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE MOVE ON U-233 TAKES TIME PRESSURE OFF TALKS WITH NEVADA
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Taking the time pressure off talks with the state of Nevada over disposal of a controversial batch of uranium-233, the Department of Energy has unloaded material from shipping casks it had planned to send to the Nevada National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS RAID OFFICE OF UCOR SUBCONTRACTOR
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Federal law enforcement officials late this week raided the office of Transportation, Operations and Professional Services, Inc. (TOPS), a protégé firm of Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, though… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
CWI TO BEGIN ‘HOT STARTUP’ OF IDAHO SBWT FACILITY
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 CH2M-WG Idaho, the cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Idaho site, is beginning the hot startup process for the Idaho Sodium-Bearing Waste Treatment Facility, and hopes to begin full operations this spring… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
NEGOTIATIONS ON SWPF STARTUP UNDERWAY BETWEEN DOE, PARSONS
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Department of Energy and Parsons began formal negotiations on commissioning and startup of the Savannah River Site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility just before the holidays, but it is uncertain when they may wrap… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
WRPS EARNS $19 MILLION IN FEE FOR FY 2013
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions received an overall grade of “very good” for its performance in FY 2013, according to information the Department of Energy’s Office of River… 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
URS ANNOUNCES NEW MGMT. CHANGES IN ITS GMOS UNIT
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 URS officially announced this week a set of top-level management changes in its Global Management & Operations Services Business Group, which is responsible for URS’ work in the Department of Energy and U.K. Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE IN CONTRACT TALKS WITH FORMER PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Department of Energy is in negotiations with former DOE official Dan Lehman on a new sole-source contract to help improve project management at the Department’s Office of Science. The contract is estimated to be worth… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
SENATE ENERGY PANEL AGAIN CLEARS DOE NOMINEES
New Under Sec. For Mgmt. Among Those Approved Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Elizabeth Robinson’s nomination to fill the Department of Energy’s new position of Under Secretary for Management and Performance took another step forward this week,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
NEW CRACK IN SAVANNAH RIVER TANK RENEWS CALL FOR MORE FUNDS
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 After the recent discovery of a new crack in one of the Savannah River Site’s high-level waste tanks, officials are pointing to the potential leak site as another reason more funding is needed at the site. The crack… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT RIVER PROTECTION
WASH. REGULATORS WANT ACTION ON DAMAGED DST WC MONITOR 1/17/2014 The state of Washington is growing impatient after no waste has been emptied from Hanford’s double-shell Tank AY-102 more than a year after the Department of Energy discovered a leak… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
STATE REGULATORS PRESSURE DOE TO MOVE AHEAD ON MERCURY STORAGE SITE
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 A group of state environmental regulators called on the Obama Administration this week for action on a number of initiatives to address issues related to mercury pollution, including the Department of Energy’s establishment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE MOVING AHEAD WITH OAK RIDGE SLUDGE BUILDOUT DESIGN CONTRACT
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Department of Energy late last week began conducting market research to help determine whether a new planned contract for design of the Oak Ridge Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts should be set-aside for small businesses.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS CONDUCTING ASSESSMENT AFTER COLD SNAP SHUT DOWN FACILITIES
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Savannah River Site is conducting a “site-wide integrated assessment” after an unusual cold snap last week shut down the site’s biomass plant and associated steam lines, resulting in the shutdown of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT RICHLAND
RECORD NUMBER OF BALD EAGLES COUNTED WC Monitor 1/17/2014 A record number of bald eagles have been counted at Hanford this winter, possibly attracted by the record salmon runs. Hanford scientists spotted 60 eagles during boat trips on the Columbia River in December,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT LOS ALAMOS
MTOA-2 TASK BIDDERS TO GET EXTRA TIME WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Los Alamos National Laboratory is providing an extra two weeks to prepare proposals to companies interested in bidding on a new task order being competed under the lab’s Master Task Order Agreement-2,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS, IN DOE, IN THE INDUSTRY
WC Monitor 1/17/2014 IN CONGRESS Lawmakers are backing the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management in the omnibus spending bill for the remainder of this fiscal year unveiled… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]