Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 42 UCOR Earns Nearly 94 Percent of Available Fee in First Half of FY’14
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Contracts & Procurement
G4S Government Solutions to be Bought by Private Equity Firm
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 10/31/2014 G4S Government Solutions, the G4S subsidiary formerly known as the security contractor Wackenhut, will be sold to private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital Security Holdings, LLC, WC Monitor has learned. The firm is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Safety Culture Improvement at Hanford Will Take ‘Years,’ Officials Say
DOE Plans to Conduct New Assessment at Hanford This Winter Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/31/2014 AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—While the Department of Energy currently plans to conduct a new safety culture assessment at Hanford this winter and has warned of consequences… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senior EM Official Defends Use of Cost Caps on Troubled Projects
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/31/2014 AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—A senior official in the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management defended here last week EM’s use of cost caps on a set of troubled cleanup projects, though acknowledged… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EM Will Make Maintenance and Infrastructure ‘Explicit Part’ Of Budget Planning Process
Contractors: DOE Should Incentivize Maintenance Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/31/2014 AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—Maintenance and infrastructure will play an “explicit part” in the budget planning process at the Department of Energy’s Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Vote Records Offer Insight Into Board Deliberations, Operations
Member Sullivan Voted Against Emergency Preparedness Recommendation Mike Nartker and Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 10/31/2014 Over the past two years, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board members have clashed on a number of issues, from a recent recommendation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
CHBWV Focusing on Project Mgmt. After Earning 53 Percent of Award Fee in Latest Period
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/31/2014 West Valley Demonstration Project contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley has improved schedule planning and addressed issues with its water treatment system after receiving about 53 percent of available award fee from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Equipment Issues Disrupt IWTU Startup Testing
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/31/2014 In the latest hurdle to getting the Idaho Integrated Waste Treatment Unit up and running, startup testing has been on hold for most of this month because of an equipment issue, and it remains to be seen when the testing will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DUF6 Plants Did Not Meet FY’14 100 Percent Capacity Goal
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/31/2014 AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.–While the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants did not meet a goal to reach 100 percent operational design plate capacity by the end of Fiscal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
U-233 Processing Schedule Still Uncertain, But Downblending Preparations Underway
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/31/2014 AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.–While the schedule for downblending some of Oak Ridge’s stockpile of uranium-233 remains uncertain due to delays in disposal of other portions of the material, the site is making progress… 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 Issues Draft RFP For New Idaho NRC-Licensed Facilities Contract
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/31/2014 The Department of Energy late last week issued a draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. The new contract,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Navarro Survives First Challenge to New NNSS Environmental Contract Award
Two GAO Protests Still Pending Mike Nartker WC Monitor 10/31/2014 Navarro Research and Engineering has survived the first challenge filed over its win of the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services contract, with the Small Business Administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
IG: DOE Should Keep Strengthening Cybersecurity Program
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/31/2014 The Department of Energy should take more steps to strengthen its cybersecurity program, DOE’s Office of Inspector General said in a report released this week. Cybersecurity has been a growing area of concern for the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
PEC Adds to Protest of DOE HSS Support Services Contract
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 10/31/2014 Project Enhancement Corporation, the contractor protesting a Department of Energy technical and security support services contract for what was formally known as the Office of Health, Safety and Security, added several new… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Bears Vast Majority of Former Commercial Uranium Mill Costs, Not Operators, IG Finds
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 10/31/2014 The Department of Energy is paying the vast majority of surveillance and maintenance costs for former commercial uranium mill sites that are supposed to be covered by fees charged to the mill operators, the DOE Inspector… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At River Protection
SRNL Panel Calls for Improvements Against Brief Tank Vapor Exposures WC Monitor 10/31/2014 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions can take steps to better protect workers from brief exposures to relatively high concentrations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Yakama Nation Preparing Lawsuit Over 300 Area Cleanup ROD WC Monitor 10/31/2014 The Yakama Nation is preparing to sue the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency over the final record of decision for the Hanford 300 Area just north of Richland,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]