Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 12

Decommissioning

GAO: EM Not Properly Prioritizing NNSA Facilities for D&D

Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 3/20/2015 Fourteen vacant National Nuclear Security Administration facilities have languished since 2009 without being decontaminated or decommissioned due to a lack of funding, and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management may not be properly prioritizing the facilities it takes from the NNSA, the Government Accountability Office said in a […]
  • Contracts & Procurement

    Acting DOE Cleanup Chief Says He’s ‘Comfortable’ With Competition Level for New ICP Core Contract

    Bids Due By May 12 Mike Nartker and Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 3/20/2015 With the procurement for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract ramping up with the recent release of a final Request for Proposals, acting Department of Energy cleanup chief Mark Whitney said this week that he is “comfortable” with the expected […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Savannah River Working With NNSA to Limit Impacts of Proposed FY16 Budget Cut for H-Canyon

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/20/2015 PHOENIX, Ariz.—In order to limit the impacts of proposed budget cuts to new processing missions at Savannah River’s H-Canyon facility, the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Operations Office is working with the National Nuclear Security Administration on H-Canyon funding, DOE Savannah River Manager Dave Moody said here this week. Programs […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Contractor Execs. Urge DOE to Take ‘Balanced’ Approach to Bid Evaluation Criteria

    Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/20/2015 PHOENIX, Ariz.—Executives from several major Department of Energy contractors urged the DOE Office of Environmental Management here this week to take a more “balanced” approach when it comes to evaluation criteria for bids on new contracts. In recent years, EM has moved to make past performance the top evaluation criteria […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    EM Procurement Chief ‘Fairly Confident’ of Small Biz Set-Asides for New LANL Cleanup Contracts

    DOE to Stand Up New Los Alamos EM Field Office Next Week Kenneth Fletcher and Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/20/2015 PHOENIX, Ariz.—As the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management prepares to stand up its new Los Alamos Site Office next week, the top EM procurement official said here this week that he is “fairly […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Decontamination Moving Ahead, Panel Closure on the Horizon

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/20/2015 PHOENIX, Ariz.—Recovery of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is in full swing after the site’s managing contractor, Nuclear Waste Partnership, began major decontamination efforts last month and hopes to meet a goal this spring to close an underground panel, NWP WIPP Recovery Manager Jim Blankenhorn said here this week. The […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    DOE May Be Considering Decrease in Uranium Transfers

    Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/20/2015 As the Department of Energy works on a new Secretarial determination to govern future transfers of excess uranium to help fund cleanup work, among other activities, DOE appears to be considering a potential decrease in the amount of material to be provided, according to information the Department released this week. […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Management Changes Coming to EMCBC

    Director Jack Craig Heading to SRS Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/20/2015 Management changes are underway at the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Consolidated Business Center, with DOE announcing this week that EMCBC Director Jack Craig has been named to head up the Savannah River Operations Office. Craig is expected to transition to the […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Wastren-EnergX Earns 93 Percent of FY14 Award Fee for Portsmouth Support

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/20/2015 Portsmouth site facility support services contractor Wastren-EnergX Mission Support, LLC, earned 93 percent of its available Fiscal Year 2014 fee, or $1.44 million out of $1.56 million available, according to fee information the Department of Energy released this week. Overall, the contractor received an “excellent” rating from DOE’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project […]

  • Defense Low-Level Waste

    At Richland

    ERDF Reaches New Waste Disposal Milestone WC Monitor 3/20/2015 The Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility has reached a new milestone of 17 tons of hazardous chemical and low level radioactive waste from across Hanford disposed since it opened in 1996. “Reaching 17 million tons of material disposed at ERDF shows the excellent cleanup work being done […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    At Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge Increases Oversight at TWPC Preparing for Contract Transition WC Monitor 3/20/2015 The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Environmental Management Office will increase oversight of the Transuranic Waste Processing Center during the transition to a new contractor. DOE last month notified incumbent contractor Wastren Advantage, Inc. that it will be implementing an “enhanced oversight […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Wrap Up

    WC Monitor 3/20/2015 IN CONGRESS Acting DOE cleanup chief Mark Whitney is among those scheduled to testify before the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee during a hearing set for next week. The March 24 hearing is also set to include National Nuclear Security Administration chief Frank Klotz and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Vice […]

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