Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 16 WIPP Accident Investigation Board Declares Radiological Release ‘Preventable’
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 4/17/2015 IN DOE Chip Lagdon, the Department of Energy’s Chief of Nuclear Safety, is preparing to retire from federal service, WC Monitor has learned. Langdon’s retirement request was recently approved by senior DOE officials, though the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Groups Request Nonprolif. Assessment on SRS German Fuel Processing
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/17/2015 A coalition of 22 representatives from advocacy groups sent a letter to the Department of Energy this week calling for a nuclear nonproliferation impact assessment on a new processing method at the Savannah River Site proposed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
NWP Chief McQuinn to Step Down at WIPP, To Be Replaced by INL’s Breidenbach
Rep. Pearce Has ‘Deep Concerns’ With Breidenbach’s Link to 2011 Incident Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/17/2015 The choice of Idaho National Laboratory’s Phil Breidenbach as the next head of Nuclear Waste Partnership , the managing contractor… 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
DOE to See Some Competition, After All, For New Idaho Cleanup Contract
At Least Two Bidders Going After Job Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/17/2015 With a little less than a month to go before bids are due for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract, it appears that the Department of Energy will see some competition for the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
As House Boosts Portsmouth Funds, DOE Official Emphasizes Need for Stable Funding
House Appropriators Also Move to Increase Hanford Budget Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/17/2015 As House Appropriators this week moved to boost funds for the Portsmouth site, Department of Energy Portsmouth Paducah Project Office Manager Bill Murphie emphasized… 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
DNFSB Says DOE Making ‘Progress’ in Improving Safety Culture
Board Vice Chair Roberson, Though, Says Judgement May be ‘Premature’ Mike Nartker WC Monitor 4/17/2015 Members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board appear to be divided over whether or not the Department of Energy is making improvements… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Contractor NWP Earns Only 7 Percent of FY’14 Available Fee
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 4/17/2015 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant M&O contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership earned only 7 percent of its available fee in Fiscal Year 2014 after incidents shut down the repository, for a total of $561,266 out of $8.2 million… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
House Lawmakers Seek Defense Waste Repository Answers
Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 4/17/2015 House lawmakers are seeking more definitive answers from the Department of Energy regarding its decision to separate commercial and defense high-level radioactive waste into two repositories, sending a letter Secretary of… 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 River Protection
Former Hanford Supervisor Sentenced in Time Card Fraud Case WC Monitor 4/17/2015 A former Hanford supervisor was sentenced this week to 30 days incarceration, three months of home detention and a fine of $34,146 after pleading guilty to timecard fraud. Daniel… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Advisory Panel Calls for Conservative Approach for Central Area Cleanup WC Monitor 4/17/2015 The Hanford Advisory Board is recommending that the Department of Energy take a conservative approach as it prepares to make plans to clean up the innermost 10 square… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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National Laboratories
At Los Alamos
Los Alamos Issues Sources Sought for Chromium Injection Wells WC Monitor 4/17/2015 Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking companies able to drill and install six groundwater wells as part of a pump-and-treat system to address the Lab’s chromium groundwater… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
DOE Submits Revised Draft Study for New Landfill WC Monitor 4/17/2015 The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management team in Oak Ridge has submitted a revised draft of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for a proposed new CERCLA landfill.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
At Savannah River
H Canyon Spent Fuel Campaign Moves Into Next Phase WC Monitor 4/17/2015 A long-term spent fuel downblending campaign at H-Canyon has moved into the next phase, resuming processing operations in portions of the canyon that had lain dormant for years, the Savannah… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]