Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 15 NuVision Engineering Changes Ownership Structure, Qualifies as Small Business
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP AIB Report Expected to be Released Next Week
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/10/2015 The long-awaited final Department of Energy Accident Investigation Board report on last year’s radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant appears set to be released by late next week, as DOE has set a public… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Decommissioning
Ports. D&D Contractor Considering Challenging FY 2014 Fee Determination
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/10/2015 Despite marking an upturn in fee performance after years of steady decline, Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, is considering challenging its Fiscal Year 2014 award fee determination for the Portsmouth D&D project, WC Monitor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
With DOE Carlsbad Field Office Manager to Depart, N.M. Officials Emphasize Transparency
CBFO Manager Joe Franco to Take Senior Post at DOE Richland Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/10/2015 With the announcement this week that Joe Franco is stepping down as Manager of the Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office for a senior position at DOE’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
With SWPF Construction Ahead of Schedule, Integration With SRS Waste System Key, Officials Say
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/10/2015 With construction of Savannah River’s Salt Waste Processing Facility currently on track to be completed months ahead of schedule in May 2016, efforts are also focusing on integrating the plant into the site’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
White House Officially Nominates Connery, Hamilton to DNFSB Slots
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 4/10/2015 President Barack Obama made it official this week, announcing that he intends to nominate White House nuclear energy official Joyce Connery and nuclear industry veteran Bruce Hamilton to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
‘Safety Pause’ at SRS HB-Line Continues, Processing to Resume in Early Summer
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/10/2015 With Savannah River’s HB-Line in a “safety pause” since an incident in January, processing is expected to resume in the early summer after a recovery plan and corrective actions are put in place, Jim Giusti,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
WTP Pulse Jet Mixing Tests Going Well, Officials Say WC Monitor 4/10/2015 Hanford officials have seen encouraging results in half-scale tests of a system to keep high-level radioactive waste well mixed within certain tanks in the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Richland
At PFP, Large Counterweight Accidently Dropped on Canyon Floor WC Monitor 4/10/2015 At the Plutonium Finishing Plant decontamination project last month a 1,140-pound counterweight accidently fell 12 feet to the canyon floor, though no workers were in the area… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
At Los Alamos
NNSA Says ‘Considerable Time’ Needed to Resolve TRU Facility Analyses WC Monitor 4/10/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration expects to take “considerable time” resolving issues with the documented safety analyses at Los Alamos… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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National Laboratories
At Savannah River
Savannah River National Lab Named Safest National Lab in DOE Complex WC Monitor 4/10/2015 Savannah River National Lab has been ranked as the safest lab among the 15 in the Department of Energy complex, SRNL announced this week, receiving the distinction in 10… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 4/10/2015 IN CONGRESS The Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus will hold its second meeting of the year on April 15 with a panel of Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management officials focusing on “progress through partnership.”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]