Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 33 DOE Considering at Least Partially Accepting State’s Call for New Hanford Tanks
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Suggests It Won’t Meet Commitment to Treat Idaho Liquid Waste This Year
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 8/29/2014 As the Department of Energy continues to struggle to get into operation the Idaho Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, the Department appears to be planning for the facility to still be in operation in late 2015—almost a year beyond a current commitment to the state of Idaho to have all of […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Ohio Senator Says Discussion with DOE Officials ‘Frustrating’ During Portsmouth Visit
Site Facing Impending Layoffs Set to Reduce D&D Workforce by One-Third Mike Nartker WC Monitor 8/29/2014 As the clock ticks down on impending layoffs at the Portsmouth D&D project, Ohio Senator Rob Portman (R) held what he described as “frustrating” discussions with Department of Energy officials during a visit to the site late this week. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Appears On Track to Complete Revised SPRU Baseline Next Month, Official Says
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 8/29/2014 The Department of Energy appears to be on track to meet a goal to have a final cost and schedule baseline for D&D efforts at the Separations Process Research Unit completed by the end of September, a DOE official told WC Monitor this week. The new baseline could help finally […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Held Returns to DOE After Summer Vacation
Staff Reports WC Monitor 8/29/2014 After a two-and-a-half-month summer vacation, former acting National Nuclear Security Administration chief Bruce Held returned this week to the Department of Energy. Held’s title will apparently remain the same—associate deputy secretary—but his duties have not been fully defined. “Governance issues have long been my central concern so I hope to […]
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Decommissioning
California Regulator ‘Concerned’ About Schedule Delays at ETEC
DOE Pushes Back Planned Completion of EIS for Site Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 8/29/2014 California regulators are “concerned” about schedule delays in the Department of Energy’s completion of an environmental impact statement to allow cleanup work to be completed at the Energy Technology Engineering Center, officials said this week. The Department said earlier this month […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Budget Constraints Could Restrict H-Canyon Processing
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 8/29/2014 The Department of Energy expects budget constraints to restrict the amount of high-level waste that can be transferred from Savannah River’s H-Canyon to the site’s tank farms, potentially impacting future missions for the facility. DOE informed M&O contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions that it will be limited to transferring 50,000 […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Asks Bidders for New LM Support Contract to Extend Proposals by Two Months
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 8/29/2014 The long-running search for a new support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management now appears set to run on for at least a little while longer, with DOE asking bidders this week to extend their proposals’ expiration dates by another two months, to Oct. 31. […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
Sellafield Completes New Waste Storage Facility Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 8/29/2014 Sellafield Limited has completed construction of a new £100 million ($166 million) storage facility for intermediate- level waste generated through decommissioning and fuel reprocessing. The Encapsulated Product Store 3 is an aboveground storage building that can hold more than 29,000 waste drums. “The completion […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
Whistleblower Calls on Dept. of Labor to Enforce Order on Reinstatement WC Monitor 8/29/2014 A former employee at Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions who was found to be improperly terminated from her job called on the Department of Labor this week to move to enforce an order directing her immediate reinstatement. Last […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Assault Charge Dropped Against Co-Owner of Occupational Med. Contractor WC Monitor 8/29/2014 An assault charge against Grover Cleveland “Cleve” Mooers, a co-owner of HPM Corp., has been dismissed in Franklin County District Court in Washington state. Mooers was charged with assault in the fourth degree with sexual motivation, a gross misdemeanor, after a woman accused […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Idaho
IG Notes Idaho’s Improvements in Integrated Safety Management WC Monitor 8/29/2014 The Idaho National Laboratory is making progress in addressing weaknesses identified in its Integrated Safety Management system, according to a Department of Energy Inspector General’s Office report released late last week. In half of the 59 safety incidents analyzed by the report that occurred […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
State Names New DOE Oversight Chief WC Monitor 8/29/2014 The state of Tennessee is changing the leadership of its Department of Energy Oversight Office in Oak Ridge, with Chris Thompson succeeding long-time manager John Owsley in the top position. Kelly Brockman, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, confirmed this week that Thompson […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
Savannah River Remediation VP Heading to Los Alamos WC Monitor 8/29/2014 Bechtel executive Kim Cassara is joining Los Alamos National Laboratory as its associate director for Project Management starting Oct. 1, LANL Director Charlie McMillan said in a message to employees earlier this month. Cassara most recently served as the vice president for Projects, Design, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 8/29/2014 IN DOE The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has scheduled a business opportunity forum Sept 4 at DOE headquarters in Washington. The outreach event, led by EM’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management, will focus on discussing upcoming EM business opportunities. “Topics will include discussion on how DOE is improving […]