Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 36 Reviews Find Need for Additional Resources at Several Sites to Address Maintenance Concerns
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Cleanup & Remediation
LANL Director Emphasizes Advantages of Keeping Cleanup Work in Contract
New Mexico Has Called for LANL Cleanup to be Taken Out of NNSA Kenneth Fletcher and Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Following a call from New Mexico’s environmental regulator to break out the cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANL Director… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
SPRU Schedule Slips Once Again
Four-Year Project Now to Take More Than 10 Years to Finish Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Efforts to complete the long-troubled Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) D&D project appear to have hit a new hurdle, with the Department of Energy now projecting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Approves New SWPF Baseline, Cost Increase Nears $1 Billion
South Carolina: ‘Treatment Delay Is Unacceptable’ Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/19/2014 The Department of Energy has approved a new baseline for the Savannah River Site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility that includes a nearly $1 billion cost… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Congress Completes Work on FY 2015 Stop-Gap Funding Measure
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Congress late this week completed work on a stop-gap measure intended to continue to fund the federal government at the start of Fiscal Year 2015 in the absence of completed individual spending bills. The Continuing Resolution… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Confirms New DOE Deputy Secretary
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/19/2014 The Senate late this week confirmed the Obama Administration’s choice of Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall to serve as the next Deputy Secretary of Energy. Sherwood-Randall last served as Special Assistant to the President and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
CH2M Hill Announces ‘Restructuring’ Plan, Including Workforce Reductions
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/19/2014 CH2M Hill is looking to reduce its workforce by approximately 1,200 people out of 26,000 employees as part of a new restructuring plan that the company said last week is intended to generate approximately $100 million in “operational… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
WRPS Challenges Dept. of Labor Order to Reinstate Former Employee Who Alleged Retaliation
DOE Silent on Potential Actions Against Contractor Mike Nartker WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions is challenging a preliminary order from the Department of Labor to reinstate a former employee who has charged… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
Oak Ridge Working Around Storage Issues During WIPP Shutdown
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Limited storage capacity is a major hurdle for Oak Ridge’s transuranic waste program during the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s current shutdown, and though the site is taking steps to continue progress, it is at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
‘Unique Combination’ Of Materials in Breached WIPP Drum Found in Second Container
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/19/2014 A second transuranic waste drum in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground contains a “unique combination” of materials, including a discarded glove, that is believed to have contributed to a reaction and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Moving Forward With New Contract to Manage NRC-Licensed Facilities at Idaho
Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 9/19/2014 The Department of Energy announced this week that it plans to issue in the next 15-to-45 days a draft Request for Proposals for a new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Idaho site,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Absent From Strategic Forces ‘Pre-Conference’ NDAA Talks
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 9/19/2014 With work on the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Authorization Act pushed back until after the November Congressional elections, House and Senate Armed Services Committee members began meeting this week for “pre-conference”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
ConverDyn Moves for Summary Judgment in Uranium Transfer Case
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Uranium conversion services company ConverDyn late last week filed a motion for summary judgment in a case that aims to limit the Department of Energy’s ability to transfer stocks of excess uranium to help pay for activities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
DOE Submits Plan to DNFSB to Upgrade Tank Farm Ventilation WC Monitor 9/19/2014 The Department of Energy has submitted reports on upgrading ventilation for Hanford’s double-shell tanks and new examination technologies in response to a Defense Nuclear Facilities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
More Contractors Shift to Four-Day Work Week WC Monitor 9/19/2014 Two more of the major Hanford contractors switched to four-day work weeks starting this week. Employees are working 10 hours a day Monday through Thursday with Fridays off at Washington River Protection… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
Leak in ORNL Research Reactor Fuel Pool Still Under Investigation WC Monitor 9/19/2014 More than a week after a leak was discovered at an old research reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the investigating team is still trying to pinpoint the location and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 9/19/2014 IN DOE The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet in late October in Augusta, Ga. to discuss the Department of Energy’s activities at the Savannah River Site. “Topics that will be discussed at the meeting include issues… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]