Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 38 DOE, Washington State Reach Agreement to Pump Damaged Hanford Double-Shell Tank
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Contracts & Procurement
S.M. Stoller Gets Yet Another Extension to DOE Legacy Mgmt. Support Services Contract
Incumbent Passing Two-Year Mark in Extensions Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 S.M. Stoller (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) has once again received an extension to its current contract to provide support services for the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Proposed Fee, Liability Provisions in New Idaho Cleanup Contract Prompting Concern
At Least Four Teams Have Formed to Compete for New Work Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 In the wake of the Department of Energy issuing this week a partial draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, industry officials… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
More Changes at Los Alamos as DOE Moves Lab Cleanup to EM
DOE Inspector General Identifies Weaknesses in LANL Waste Processing Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/3/2014 More changes are underway at Los Alamos National Laboratory as planning begins to transition lab cleanup work from the National Nuclear Security Administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
B&W Announces Plans to Evaluate Split of Gov’t/Nuclear Ops and Power Generation Segments
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Babcock & Wilcox confirmed this week that its Board of Directors is considering splitting its Government and Nuclear Operations business segment and its commercially focused Power Generation unit into two publicly traded… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Navarro Facing Size Standard Challenge Over NNSS Contract Win
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Navarro Research and Engineering is facing a size standard challenge over its recent win of the new National Nuclear Security Administration contract to perform environmental program services at the Nevada National Security Site.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
Full-Scale WIPP Operations May Not Occur Until 2019 and Could Cost Up To $551 Million
DOE Looking At Initial Restart in 2016 for $242 Million Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The resumption of full-scale operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may not occur until 2019 and could cost up to $551 million, though a Department of Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Decommissioning
DOE Unable to Meet Sept. 30 Goal for Final SPRU D&D Cost/Schedule Baseline
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The Department of Energy was unable to meet a Sept. 30 goal to have a final cost-and-schedule baseline in place for D&D efforts underway at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) site. “Discussions are ongoing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Fails to Meet Sept. 30 Startup Commitment for IWTU
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The Department of Energy failed to meet a Sept. 30 commitment to begin operations at the Idaho Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, and it continues to be unclear when the facility will begin actually processing waste. A DOE spokesman… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE Asks Court For Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Over Uranium Transfers
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/3/2014 In the next move in a lawsuit filed by uranium conversion company ConverDyn aiming to limit the Department of Energy’s transfers of excess uranium to pay for cleanup work, DOE late last week urged the court to grant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
Sellafield Awards £336M Contract to Jacobs-Led Team Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/2/2014 A team of team of Jacobs, AMEC and Balfour Beatty has won a contract framework worth up to £336 million ($546 million) for the Box Encapsulation Project… 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 Completes Waste Retrieval From 13 of 16 Tanks by Deadline WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Washington state agreed this week that the Department of Energy had met the 2010 consent decree requirements for emptying another waste tank at Hanford. That brought DOE closer… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
Leak at Old Research Reactor Stable, Officials Say WC Monitor 10/3/2014 The search for the leak in a reactor pool at one of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s stable of shutdown nuclear research reactors is still ongoing, but officials emphasized that the situation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
FY14 Comes and Goes, and Still No FY 2013 Fee for CHPRC WC Monitor 10/3/2014 With Fiscal Year 2015 getting underway this week, the Department of Energy has yet to finalize a FY 2013 fee determination for Hanford cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
SRNS Launches Coal Ash Cleanup Effort WC Monitor 10/3/2014 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, has launched a project to clean up 1.3 million cubic yards of coal ash by June 2019 to remediate a 90-acre spot in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 10/3/2014 IN DOE Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall is set to begin serving as the new Deputy Secretary of Energy Oct. 6, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a message to employees this week. She replaces Dan Poneman, who formally retired this week from the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]