Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 2 White House Preparing Second Nominee for DOE Under Sec. Spot, Energy Sec. Says
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Won’t Complete Idaho Liquid Waste Processing This Year, Official Says
Commissioning Costs for Idaho Facility Double Previous Estimates Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/16/2015 While the planned facility for addressing the remaining liquid waste at the Department of Energy’s Idaho site is anticipated to be in full operation before… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
U.K. NDA Will Seek ‘Strategic Partner’ for Sellafield After NMP Termination
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/16/2015 After the U.K. government’s decision this week to terminate Nuclear Management Partners’ contract to manage Sellafield, the site will now seek a “strategic partner” in industry for a long-term agreement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Official: Idaho Draft RFP Shows ‘Plain Vanilla’ CPIF Contract
Martin Schneider WC Monitor 1/16/2015 SALT LAKE CITY—With comments on the draft Request for Proposals for the new Idaho Cleanup Project Core contract due this week, DOE Office of Environmental Management Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition… 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 Pushing Back Against New Mexico’s $54 Million Fine, Denies Violations
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/16/2015 The Department of Energy is pushing back against a total of $54.3 million in fines New Mexico has levied for violations at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, denying many of the alleged… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Investigation Moves Ahead With ‘Project Reach’
Mine Recovery Continues Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/16/2014 The investigation into last year’s radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant that has shut down the facility took a step forward last week with the inauguration of Project Reach,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
South Carolina Elevates SRS Tank Closure Milestone Dispute Resolution With DOE
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/16/2015 With no resolution yet in its dispute with the Department of Energy over Savannah River tank waste milestones, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control this week asked to elevate the issue to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
South Carolina Officials Name New DHEC Director
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/16/2015 The South Carolina Board of Health and Environmental Control has tapped Eleanor Kitzman, a former state official in South Carolina and in Texas, to serve as the next director of the South Carolina Department of Health and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Rep. Newhouse Named to Committee Post, Vows to Push for DOE Accountability
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/16/2015 Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), the freshman lawmaker now representing Hanford, this week was named Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Energy Subcommittee. The subcommittee covers federal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
CH2M Hill Looks to Bring In Minority Investment
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/16/2015 In response to recent financial challenges, CH2M Hill is asking employee shareholders to approve a proposal that would allow the company to seek minority investment from outside investors. Last week, CH2M Hill issued a preliminary… 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
DOE IG Finds Issues With WRPS’ Management of Materials Inventory WC Monitor 1/16/2015 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions is implementing corrective actions after a Department of Energy Office of Inspector General report highlighted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 1/16/2015 IN CONGRESS Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) has been appointed to the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. She represents a district downstream from Hanford that stretches along the Columbia River from the western boundary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]