Weapons Complex Vol. 25 No. 7 RADIATION LEAK FROM WIPP DRUM COULD IMPACT MISSIONS COMPLEX-WIDE
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High-Level & Tank Waste
URS TERMINATES WTP SAFETY MANAGER WHO ALLEGED RETALIATION
Is ‘War on Whistleblowers’ Underway at Hanford? Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/21/2014 In a move that’s prompted new calls for investigations into how the Department of Energy protects whistleblowers, URS this week terminated a key nuclear safety… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
CWI HITS NEW HURDLES IN EFFORTS TO START UP IDAHO SBWT FACILITY
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/21/2014 CH2M-WG Idaho (CWI) appears to have a hit a new set of challenges in its efforts to get the Idaho Sodium-Bearing Waste Treatment Facility in operation, and it remains to be seen when the facility will actually begin processing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
LAWMAKERS CALL ON DOE TO QUICKLY AWARD NEW PADUCAH CONTRACT
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/21/2014 Members of Kentucky’s Congressional delegation are calling on the Department of Energy to move “as quickly as possible” to award the new deactivation contract for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. DOE’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SIGNS OF DIVIDE BETWEEN DNFSB STAFF, SENIOR MGMT., REPORT FINDS
Employee Committee Calls for Ombudsman Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/21/2014 In another sign of apparent management turmoil within the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, a group of Board employees tasked with examining morale concerns has found what appears… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
COLD WEATHER DELAYS SHIPMENTS AT MOAB
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/21/2014 Unusually cold weather slowed down shipments at the Moab uranium mill tailings remediation project in Utah this winter, the first in which work continued all season since last year’s winter work curtailment. Cleanup… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT RIVER PROTECTION
DOE CONSIDERING UNDERGROUND PRETREAT SYSTEM WC Monitor 2/21/2014 The Department of Energy is considering building an underground interim pretreatment system that would use the same technologies as the planned Pretreatment Facility at Hanford’s Waste Treatment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT RICHLAND
REMAINING HANFORD CLEANUP COST NOW $113.6B WC Monitor 2/21/2014 An estimated $113.6 billion is the new price tag for completing the remaining Hanford cleanup, plus post-cleanup long term stewardship through fiscal 2090.The new estimate was included in the 2014… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT IDAHO
ITG PROVISIONALLY LOSES $150,000 IN FEE WC Monitor 2/21/2014 Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, the managing contractor for the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project, has provisionally lost $150,000 in fee for safety issues, though the contractor may be able to earn… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
AT PADUCAH
USEC RAMPING DOWN SITE SECURITY WC Monitor 2/21/2014 In changes to its security approach at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, USEC this week laid off security guards and de-manned a security checkpoint on an access road. USEC has been in the process of winding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
WRAP UP: IN THE INDUSTRY
WC Monitor 2/21/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Former Nevada Site Office Manager Stephen Mellington has joined Longenecker & Associates as a senior associate. Mellington retired from a 35-year federal career in 2012, serving the last four years as the top federal official… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]