Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 23 Fee Language in Draft RFP for New DUF6 Contract Prompts Industry Concern
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE-EM Awards Waste Treatment BOAs
Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 6/5/2015 The Department of Energy this week issued seven Basic Ordering Agreements for the treatment of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste. Included among the seven BOAs are: Babcock Services, Environmental Dimensions, EnergySolutions,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Close to Completing Evaluations of Options for Adding Oversight Capability at WTP
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 6/5/2015 The Department of Energy expects to complete within “the next several weeks” an evaluation of options for adding additional oversight capability at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, acting Assistant Secretary of Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Kurion and AREVA Form DOE Cleanup Partnership
Jeremy L. Dillon WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Kurion and AREVA announced this week a joint partnership to provide decommissioning and remediation services for the Department of Energy’s cleanup complex. The companies said that the alliance’s initial emphasis… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Decommissioning
Fluor-B&W Pushes Back Completion of Portsmouth’s X-326 Deactivation to June 2017
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Portsmouth D&D contractor Fluor B&W Portsmouth, LLC, is placing a renewed focus on deactivation of the X-326 facility after pushing the project’s completion date from March 2016 to June 2017. The contractor this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Savannah River Looking for Supplemental Tank Waste Treatment Capability
Grouting Begins at Tank 16 Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/5/2015 The Savannah River Site is seeking an additional high-level waste tank treatment capability as part of a deal struck with regulators, this week releasing a draft request for proposals seeking companies… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
WAI Receives Another Six-Month TWPC Contract Extension
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/5/2015 As the Department of Energy continues to evaluate bids for the follow-on contract to operate Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center, DOE this week again extended by six months the current contract held by incumbent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SC Senate Confirms Heigel as DHEC Director
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/5/2015 The South Carolina Senate this week confirmed Catherine Heigel as the next director of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Heigel, currently the General Counsel for accounting firm Elliot Davis Decosimo,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
ConverDyn Still Pushing Court to Mandate Limits on DOE Uranium Transfers
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Uranium conversion services company ConverDyn is still pushing a federal court to restrict the Department of Energy’s ability to transfer excess uranium to help pay for other work after DOE recently cut the level of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GAO Denies Protests Against Navarro’s Win of New Legacy Mgmt. Support Contract
Will Long-Running Procurement Finally Come to an End? Mike Nartker WC Monitor 6/5/2015 In a move that could bring the Department of Energy’s multi-year search for a new support contractor for the Office of Legacy Management to an end, the Government Accountability… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
First Phase of Breeder Rod Shipments from Dounreay to Sellafield Done Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Scotland’s Dounreay site recently completed the last shipment of an 11-ton batch of breeder reactor rods to the Sellafield site for storage… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
At WIPP
WIPP Panels Containing Nitrate-Bearing Waste Closed WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Two previously open panels in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground that had contained nitrate salt-bearing waste linked to last year’s radiological release have now been closed… 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
Lawmaker Wants DOE to Commit to Completing EIS for WTP Gas Pipeline WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) is asking top Department of Energy officials for a written commitment to complete work on an environmental impact statement for a proposed natural… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Work Underway to Upgrade Pump-and-Treat Plant to Address Uranium WC Monitor 6/5/2015 Equipment is being installed in what’s already the most sophisticated groundwater treatment plant at Hanford to expand its capabilities to address another contaminant. By… 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 Oak Ridge
DOE Reaches Agreement With Regulators on Mercury Treatment Facility WC Monitor 6/5/2015 The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Environmental Management Office has reached a resolution in the dispute with environmental regulators over the proposed mercury-treatment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 6/5/2015 IN DOE Bruce Held retired from his position as Senior Advisor at the Department of Energy late last week. Held assumed the position of senior advisor last May, and before then, served as acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and acting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]