Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 40 Correction
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Survey Results Show Increase in DNFSB Staff Dissatisfaction
Board to Undergo Safety Culture Assessment of Itself Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/17/2014 Employee dissatisfaction at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has hit a four-year low, according to the results of the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Union Has Concerns As Paducah Plant Wraps Up Transition to Fluor
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/17/2014 With transition set to wrap up next week on the Paducah deactivation services contract to a Fluor-led team, the local United Steelworkers union is raising concerns about a lack of transparency on worker hiring for the new… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
EDITORIAL: Contractor Performance Ratings Should Not Be Kept Hidden
More than 90 percent of the Department of Energy’s $26 billion budget is contracted out to a host of firms, large and small. DOE has been working hard over the past several years to improve how it reports, records and tracks contractor performance—a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
INTERA to File GAO Protest Over Navarro’s Win of New NNSS Enviro. Contract
Company Also Has Pending Size Standard Challenge Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/17/2014 INTERA intends to file a protest with the Government Accountability Office next week over Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new contract to perform environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Plan on U-233 Options Six Months Late, No Sign of Resolution on Shipping Material to Nevada
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/17/2014 With no time frame yet as to when uranium-233 from Oak Ridge may be sent to the Nevada National Security Site for disposal, the Department of Energy still has not submitted a Congressionally-mandated analysis that was due… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
IG Lists Deferred Maintenance as ‘Special Concern’ In DOE FY’15 Management Challenges
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/17/14 Infrastructure modernization and deferred maintenance are a “special concern” in the Department of Energy Inspector General’s latest annual report on DOE management challenges, released late last week. Infrastructure… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Releases Final RFP for Oak Ridge TWPC Contract
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/17/14 The Department of Energy this week released a final Request for Proposals for the follow-on contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center. The new contract is being set aside for small businesses that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
South Carolina Urges DOE to Increase Waste Processing at SRS Through New Tech.
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/17/14 With the Department of Energy and South Carolina in dispute over extensions for tank closure milestones at the Savannah River Site, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control is urging DOE to take steps to increase… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EPA Begins Fining DOE over Delays in Hanford K Basin Sludge Cleanup
Penalty As Much As $10,000 Per Week Staff Reports WC Monitor 10/17/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency has begun to fine the Department of Energy up to $10,000 for each week it fails to start moving radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River at Hanford.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At River Protection
New Judge Named in Consent Decree Suit WC Monitor 10/17/2014 U.S. Judge Fred Van Sickle has recused himself from continuing to hear the Hanford consent decree case and Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson has been assigned. Van Sickle, who was the judge in the case when… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Wash. Closure Works to Backfull Excavated Areas WC Monitor 10/17/2014 Washington Closure Hanford is in the midst of a major backfill campaign as much of the Hanford river corridor cleanup nears completion. In the last 20 months, workers under a DelHur Industries… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
UCOR Says It’s Saved $90 Million to Date WC Monitor 10/17/2014 URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR), the Department of Energy’s cleanup manager in Oak Ridge, says efficiencies and accelerated missions have saved the federal government about $90 million over the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]