Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 27 URS May Seek Up to $650,000 From DOE for Executive Testimony at Whistleblower Hearing
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Cleanup & Remediation
Industry Officials Question DOE Plans for Post-FY 2015 Idaho Work
Should Only Small Businesses Have Fixed-Price Work? Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Some industry officials are questioning the Department of Energy’s recently announced plans to compete new contracts at the Idaho site, including the decision to set aside… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE Nominees Pending Confirmation Continue Waiting Game
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Nine Department of Energy nominees remain in a sort of limbo with the Senate confirmation process gridlocked, and with Republicans still smarting over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s use of the nuclear option last year… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Releases Draft RFP for Portsmouth Infrastructure Support Services Contract
Industry Day Scheduled For July 15 Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/3/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a draft Request for Proposals for the new Portsmouth infrastructure support services contract, which has an estimated value of more than $100 million.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Status of Inspector General Investigation of DNFSB Management Unclear
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 7/3/2014 More than six months after an investigation into operations at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board began and then had to be curtailed, it’s unclear whether that investigation has picked up again. The Postal Service… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Initial Cleanup Phase to Begin
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Entries are scheduled to resume at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to begin some initial cleanup work as the second phase of recovery is launched, the Department of Energy said this week. No teams have entered the mine since… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Second Deadline Passes with No Resolution on Talks over Hanford Consent Decree
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/3/2014 A second deadline came and went late last week without resolution for the Department of Energy and the state of Washington on how to modify a court-enforced consent decree that helps govern the cleanup of Hanford’s tank… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Mexico Denies Los Alamos Milestone Extension Requests
Move Comes After Lab Misses ‘3,706 Campaign’ Deadline Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/3/2014 The New Mexico Environment Department is denying requests to extend 21 legally enforceable cleanup deadlines at Los Alamos National Laboratory after the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Contracts & Procurement
S.M. Stoller Gets New Contract Extension for LM Support Services
Questions Persist Over DOE’s New Plans to Award Follow-On Contract Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/3/2014 S.M. Stoller (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) has received yet another extension to its contract to provide support services… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Indicates Multi-Month Contract Extension Likely for Incumbent Oak Ridge TRU Facility Contractor
Department Issues Draft RFP for Follow-On Contract Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/3/2014 While Wastren Advantage Inc.’s current contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center is set to expire in early 2015, the Department of Energy appears… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Some Potential Bidders on New Hanford 222-S Lab Contract Wonder if Tank Farms Contractor Has OCI
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Some potential bidders on the new contract to provide analytical and testing services at Hanford’s 222-S Laboratory appear to be worried that Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions may have an… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
Sellafield Launching £1.5 Billion Procurement for Cleanup Suppliers Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Sellafield Limited is looking to “broaden the base” for long-term cleanup suppliers at the U.K. site under a new 10-year agreement that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
Delay Hits First Planned Trial Over Alleged Time Card Fraud WC Monitor 7/3/2014 The first of three trials related to alleged timecard fraud at Hanford will not start next week as planned. The only defendant remaining in the group of two that had been scheduled… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Workers Prepare to Enter ‘McCluskey Room’ at PFP WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Hanford workers are preparing to enter and clean out the McCluskey Room at the Plutonium Finishing Plant, the site of one of Hanford’s worst radiological accidents. It still… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Idaho
CWI Completes Sodium Treatment Ahead of Schedule WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Contractor CH2M-WG Idaho, LLC, has completed ahead of schedule and under budget an effort to clean up 480 pounds bulk sodium in drums at the Materials and Fuels complex. Using new techniques… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Los Alamos
EnergySolutions Cuts TRU Workforce Further WC Monitor 7/3/2014 EnergySolutions, a subcontractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory involved in transuranic waste disposition, this week laid off 26 workers as a result of $20 million in funding being reallocated to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
DOE Official Happy With Community Outreach on Cleanup Priorities WC Monitor 7/3/2014 Sue Cange, the Department of Energy’s acting cleanup manager in Oak Ridge, said the federal team was “extremely pleased” with the feedback the agency received… 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 Savannah River
SRNS Working to Establish New Capability to Downblend Pu for WIPP WC Monitor 7/3/2014 In order to continue downblending surplus plutonium for disposition, the Department of Energy is establishing a new capability in the Savannah River Site’s K-Area… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: In DOE, In The DNFSB, In The Industry
WC Monitor 7/3/2014 IN DOE The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board’s Task Force on Technology Development for Environmental Management is scheduled to hold a public meeting at DOE headquarters July 15. The task force has been charged with “assessing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
WC Monitor 7/3/2014 An article in the June 27 issue of Weapons Complex Monitor incorrectly listed the name of the incumbent environmental services contractor at the Nevada National Security Site as Navarro Nevada Environmental Services. The correct name is Navarro-INTERA,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]