Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 29 FBP Officially Announces Plans to Cut Ports. D&D Workforce by One-Third
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Cleanup & Remediation
New SRNS President Emphasizes Savannah River Site’s National Security Role
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/18/2014 As some cleanup work at the Savannah River Site is winding down, the site’s managing contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, is looking to emphasize the role SRS facilities can play in future national security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Could ‘ARPA-EM’ Approach Aid Development of New Cleanup Technologies?
New Task Force To Look at Ways to Improve EM Tech. Development Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/18/2014 Efforts to develop new cleanup-related technologies could be aided through the creation of a program similar to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECOM Looks to Acquire URS in $6 Billion Deal
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/18/2014 In a move that could have a significant impact for the Department of Energy marketplace, AECOM Technology Corp. is looking to purchase URS in a deal worth approximately $6 billion. The purchase, announced early this week,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Says URS Plans to Seek Cost of Exec. Testimony at Whistleblower Hearing
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/18/2014 URS appears set to seek reimbursement for more than $650,000 in costs for having one of its executives testify before Congress on whistleblowers at Hanford, according to information the Department of Energy sent a Senate subcommittee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Ports. D&D Contractor Terminates Employee Over New Data Falsification Incident
DOE Opens Enforcement Investigation Into Asbestos Concerns Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/18/2014 Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, recently terminated an employee over a new instance of data falsification.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Imposes Maximum Possible Fee Reduction for WIPP Fire
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/18/2014 The Department of Energy imposed the maximum possible fee reduction when it chose to cut the amount of fee Nuclear Waste Partnership can earn this fiscal year by 25 percent in response to the fire that occurred in early February… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE, Washington State Agree on New Round of Talks on Hanford Consent Decree
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 7/18/2014 The Department of Energy and Washington state agreed this week to a new round of talks on how to modify a 2010 Consent Decree that governs the cleanup of Hanford’s tank waste. The two sides will now continue negotiations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Closes Out 2004 Recommendation on Active Confinement Ventilation Systems
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 7/18/2014 The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has closed a 2004 recommendation that called on the Department of Energy to strengthen active confinement ventilation systems at National Nuclear Security Administration and Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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International
UK Cleanup Focus
Sellafield Making Headway on Sludge Plants Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 7/18/2014 After decades of having radioactive sludge sitting in unlined open air ponds at Sellafield, the site is commissioning two new plants aimed at removing and processing the material. … 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
DOE Faces Skepticism Over Hanford Tank Vapor Concerns WC Monitor 7/18/2014 Current and former workers at a meeting the watchdog group Hanford Challenge hosted this week on chemical vapors were skeptical that the Department of Energy really knows what workers are… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
PNNL Director Kluse to Retire Next Spring WC Monitor 7/18/2014 Mike Kluse, the director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has announced plans to retire March 31, 2015, after leading the lab since being named interim director in January 2007 and permanent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
Maintenance Backlog Concerns Persist at Site WC Monitor 7/18/2014 As the Department of Energy places an increased emphasis on maintenance activities following the incidents earlier this year that have shut down the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, corrective maintenance… 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
WC Monitor 7/18/2014 IN DOE Dennis Deziel is stepping down as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Planning and Budget in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, effective at the end of this month, an EM spokeswoman said this week.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
WC Monitor 7/18/2014 An editorial in the July 11 issue of Weapons Complex Monitor incorrectly stated that when asked who in the Department of Energy is in charge of recovery activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, New Mexico Environment Department Secretary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]