Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 21

National Laboratories

At Oak Ridge

AREVA Wins Subcontract to Help Address Leaking ORNL Reactor Pool WC Monitor 5/22/2015 AREVA has received a $2.8 million subcontract from URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) to support efforts to resolve a leaking reactor pool at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and retrieve and dispose of highly radioactive components stored in the pool at the old research […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Senate FY16 Spending Bill Would Boost Cleanup Funds at Richland and Oak Ridge

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/22/2015 Cleanup funding for the Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office at Hanford as well as Oak Ridge would see the biggest increases from DOE’s FY 2016 budget request in the Senate version of the FY 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill that cleared the full committee this week. Overall, DOE’s […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    At River Protection

    Final Hanford Time Card Fraud Defendant to Pay $7,500 Fine WC Monitor 5/22/2015 The final defendant in a multiyear investigation of timecard fraud at Hanford was sentenced in Eastern Washington District U.S. Court to pay a fine of $7,500. Like most of the other defendants in the related cases, Glenda Davis will not serve jail […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Portsmouth D&D Jobs Could be at Risk Under Senate Bill

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/22/2015 Senate appropriators this week matched the Department of Energy’s proposed funding cut for D&D activities at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant next year, raising concerns of major layoffs at the site. The Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, reported out of committee, would provide […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE Now Looking to Have Idaho Waste Facility in Operation This Fall

    ‘Critical’ to Resolve ‘Bark’ Issue Before Waste Processing Can Begin Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/22/2015 While several technical issues remain to be fully resolved, at least one of which has been dubbed “critical,” the Department of Energy is now looking to begin waste processing at the Idaho Integrated Waste Treatment Unit this fall, according to […]

  • Decommissioning

    AECOM Projecting to Complete Physical Work at SPRU by End of Next Year

    Mike Nartker WC Monitor 5/22/2015 AECOM is now projecting completion of physical work at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) D&D project by the end of next year—ahead of the Department of Energy’s previously stated schedule for the project. “Safe progress continues at the SPRU project,” AECOM spokesman Keith Wood said in a written response […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Lawmakers Look to Cap DOE’s Uranium Transfers in New Legislation

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/22/2015 Following ongoing controversy about the Department of Energy’s excess uranium transfers, lawmakers in both the Senate and the House this week introduced legislation that would put a firm cap on the transfers and require them to go through the full rulemaking and public comment process. The bills would cap the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Savannah River Making Strides in Reducing Corrective Maintenance Backlog

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/22/2015 Contractors at the Savannah River Site are making progress in reducing significant corrective maintenance backlogs that have raised concerns in recent years. M&O contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions reached a 40 percent reduction in its corrective maintenance backlog over the last year, while liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation reduced […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE Will Look to Ramp Up Funding for Cleanup Technology Development

    Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/22/2015 The Department of Energy will look to ramp up funding starting in fiscal year 2016 for developing new technologies to address cleanup challenges, according to DOE’s recently released response to recommendations by a Secretary of Energy Advisory Board task force. Advances in science and technology will be key to successfully […]

  • International

    U.K. Cleanup Focus

    Magnox to See Up to 1,600 Layoffs Under New Organization Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/22/2016 Between 1,400 and 1,600 layoffs are now expected at the U.K.’s set of Magnox sites between now and September 2016, site license company Magnox Limited announced this week. The reductions are related to both changes in the work needed at […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Wrap Up

    WC Monitor 5/22/2015 IN DOE Erik Olds has been named Chief of Staff of the Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office, effective June 1. He last served as acting Chief of Staff for the DOE Office of Environmental Management, and previously served as Chief of Staff of the DOE Office of River Protection. Candice Trummell […]

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