Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 13 DOE De-Comingles Defense and Commercial Waste
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Release Technical Assistance Team Unable to Determine Cause With ‘Absolute Certainty’
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 A months-long assessment into last year’s radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant by a team of experts from national laboratories was unable to determine the cause of the event with “absolute… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
As EM Moves Away From M&O Contracts, Savannah River Chief Still ‘A Fan’
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 As the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management moves away from the use of management & operating contracts, the head of DOE’s Savannah River Operations Office said last week that he is “a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Gearing Up to Extend Current Idaho Cleanup Contracts
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 3/27/2015 As the competition for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP ) Core contract moves forward, the Department of Energy is gearing up to extend the two current cleanup contracts at the Idaho site. This week, DOE notified CH2M-WG Idaho… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
With Uranium Prices Up, ‘Life is Good at Portsmouth,’ FBP Chief Says
Current Forecast for Stable Workforce in ‘16 Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Despite proposed budget cuts in Fiscal Year 2016, the Portsmouth site doesn’t expect workforce impacts if recent increases in uranium prices hold into the next fiscal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senators Press Moniz About Hanford Cleanup and New Mexico Fines
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Senators from Washington state and New Mexico pressed Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz over cleanup programs in their states at a Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing this week. Sen. Patty Murray… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Sen. Feinstein Raises Questions About Former Deputy Energy Secretary’s New Post at Centrus
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Another lawmaker raised concerns this week regarding former Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman’s new position as CEO of Centrus Energy Corp., as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) questioned Poneman’s potential… 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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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Fee Coming Out ‘ Soon,’ Will Be Impacted by 2014 Incidents, DOE Official Says
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 The Fiscal Year 2014 fee determination for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant M&O contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership, to be released “very soon,” will be reduced “significantly” due to the 2014 incidents… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE-South Carolina Dispute on Savannah River Tank Milestone Reaches Next Level
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 In ongoing dispute resolution discussions over the closure date of a high-level waste tank at the Savannah River Site, the state of South Carolina, the Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
LATA Kentucky Earns 83 Percent of FY14 Award Fee for Paducah Cleanup
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 LATA Environmental Services of Kentucky, LLC, the cleanup contractor for the Paducah site, earned about 83 percent of its available award fee in Fiscal Year 2014, for a total of $918,639 out of $1.1 million available, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
GAO: DOE Needs to Improve Cost Estimates for Los Alamos TRU Waste Projects
Newest Estimate Could Increase Costs By Nearly a Billion Dollars Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 The Department of Energy should improve its cost estimates for transuranic waste programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory, which are expected to surpass previous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Uncovers Issues with DOE Radioactive Waste Packaging Software
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 A Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board review has found significant issues with the Department of Energy’s software used to determine radioactive transportation packages, according to a DNFSB report released late… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
NDA Business Plan Calls for £3.31B in Spending Over Next Year Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 3/27/2015 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s business plan for 2015-2018, released this week, calls for an overall spending level of £3.31 billion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
Bechtel Making Progress at Melters of WTP’s Low-Activity Waste Facility WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Bechtel National workers have finished placing refractory in the two 300-ton melters at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant’s Low Activity Waste Facility. Refractory… 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
At Richland
Activist Groups Hold Their Own ‘State of the Site’ Meetings WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Four Pacific Northwest groups are holding their own versions of Hanford State of the Site meetings after learning that the Department of Energy did not plan any this spring.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
At Paducah
Swift & Staley Earns 95 Percent of FY’14 Award Fee for Infrastructure Support WC Monitor 3/27/2015 Swift & Staley, the infrastructure support services contractor at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, earned 95 percent of its available award fee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
DOE, Regulators in Dispute Over Planned Mercury Treatment Facility WC Monitor 3/27/2015 The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Environmental Protection Agency are in dispute with the Department of Energy over the design of the proposed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 3/27/2015 IN THE INDUSTRY Three members of Babcock & Wilcox’s Board of Directors will be up for re-election at the company’s annual shareholder’s meeting May 1, B&W said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late last… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]