Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 1 Wrap Up
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Contracts & Procurement
UCOR Earns 96 Percent of Available Fee in Second Half of FY’14
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 For the six-month period marking the second half of Fiscal Year 2014, Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, earned $3.67 million in award fee out of a total of $3.83 million available, about 96 percent. That… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Scant Competition Appears Likely for New Idaho Cleanup Contract
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/9/2015 As the Department of Energy gets ready to release the final Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, it appears that—at most—two teams are set to compete for the job, WC Monitor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Facing Fines of $3,600 Per Day for Failing to Empty Idaho Waste Tanks
Still Unclear When Treatment Facility Will Begin Processing Material Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/9/2015 Idaho environmental regulators have begun penalizing the Department of Energy thousands of dollars per day for failing to empty underground tanks at the Idaho… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Los Alamos Contractor Takes Massive FY 2014 Fee Hit, Loses Award Term Year
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/9/2015 In an unprecedented move, the National Nuclear Security Administration has drastically reduced the Fiscal Year 2014 fee for Los Alamos National Laboratory contractor Los Alamos National Security (LANS) because of “performance… 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
South Carolina DHEC Director Catherine Templeton Resigns
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Director Catherine Templeton, known for fighting missed milestones by the Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site, announced this week that she will resign… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Nevada, DOE, Formalize Working Group Process
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 The Department of Energy and the state of Nevada have formalized a working group process that began after controversy over proposed shipments of uranium-233 to the Nevada National Security Site for disposal, and is including… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Contractor Only Paid $21.5K in FY14 Fee So Far
Final Determination Pending Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 Nuclear Waste Partnership, the managing contractor for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, has so far only been paid $21,576 out of about $8.2 million in total available fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Recovery Plan ‘Not Fully Sufficient,’ DOE Review Finds
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 The recovery plan in place for the resumption of operations at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant “is not fully sufficient to ensure safe conditions underground,” with chief concerns involving ventilation rates for workers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
NDA Says It’s Close to Issuing Conclusion on Alternatives for Sellafield Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/9/2015 The U.K.’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said this week that it is in the final stages of reaching a conclusion on potential alternatives… 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
Charges Dismissed Against Final Defendant in Time Card Fraud Case WC Monitor 1/9/2015 Criminal charges related to Hanford timecard fraud were dismissed Dec. 29 against the final defendant who had pleaded not guilty. The federal government reached a civil settlement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
DOE to Replace Ventilation System at WESF as Part of Shutdown WC Monitor 1/9/2015 The Department of Energy is making plans to replace the hot cell ventilation system at Hanford’s Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility, a necessary step to shut down the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
At Oak Ridge
New TRU Milestones In The Works WC Monitor 1/9/2015 The state of Tennessee is on the verge of approving a set of extended milestones for processing and disposing of the Department of Energy’s transuranic waste in Oak Ridge because of the inability to ship… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Portsmouth
2013 Data Falsification Incident Costs FBP Approx. $50,000 WC Monitor 1/9/2015 An incident in 2013 where workers at the Portsmouth D&D project were found to have falsified records has ended up costing contractor Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, approximately… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
Security Contractor Earns About 90 Percent of Available FY 14 Award Fee WC Monitor 1/9/2014 Savannah River Site security contractor, Centerra Group, earned about 90 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to a scorecard released by the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
WC Monitor 1/9/2015 An article in the Dec. 19, 2014, edition of WC Monitor incorrectly stated that the Reduction-Oxidation Plant at Hanford was the last processing plant built at the Hanford site. The REDOX plant was the fourth of five canyons built at the site… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]