Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 24 IG: DOE Should Use External Reviews in Dispute Resolution With Paducah Regulators
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Contracts & Procurement
Plan for Los Alamos Procurements to be Out in Coming Weeks
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is on track to release in the coming weeks its plans for new cleanup procurements at Los Alamos National Laboratory, EM Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
WRPS Reaches Settlement With Whistleblower WC Monitor 6/12/2015 A settlement agreement has been reached between Hanford whistleblower Shelly Doss, a former environmental specialist at the tank farms, and Washington River Protection Solutions. Neither side has… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Bechtel Suspends Some Design Work at WTP in Response to DOE Concerns
DOE, Contractor, Expect Work to Fully Resume in ‘Early’ Summer Mike Nartker WC Monitor 6/12/2015 Some design-related activities have been suspended at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant after the Department of Energy raised concerns with procedures… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Concern Over Fee Provision in New DUF6 Contract ‘Out of Context,’ DOE Official Says
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 A fee-related provision that has raised industry concern in the draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to operate the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants has been… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE to Wrap Up Report Later This Year on Excess Facilities Across Complex
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 Amid pressure from lawmakers and reports regarding the huge amount of excess facilities awaiting transfer to the Department of Energy’s cleanup program, a DOE working group on the issue expects to complete a comprehensive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Facing Wave of Procurements, Local Officials Worry DOE Contracting Not ‘Up to the Task’
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 Noting the “unprecedented” amount of Department of Energy procurements scheduled in the next few years, a recent report by the Energy Communities Alliance is urging a discussion with DOE on potential changes to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Babcock & Wilcox Split to Go Into Effect July 1
Alissa Tabirian WC Monitor 6/12/2015 The split of Babcock & Wilcox into two separate companies will go into effect July 1, B&W announced this week. The split will result in the creation of BWX Technologies, which will consist of B&W’s nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Greenpeace Files Challenge to German HEU Shipments to Savannah River
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 The proposed shipment of a batch of German highly enriched uranium to the Savannah River Site would violate both German and European law, according to a complaint Greenpeace Germany filed this week with the European Commission… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
CHPRC to Implement Corrective Actions After IG Notes Issues at PFP
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 6/12/2015 After delays and cost increases at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant were highlighted last fall in a report prepared by the Department of Energy’ Office of Inspector General, cleanup contractor CH2M Hill Plateau… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 6/12/2015 IN DOE Following the revelation last week that the confidential personal information of millions was breached in a cyber-security event months ago, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has advised that “Department of Energy employee data has… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Corrections
WC Monitor 6/12/2015 An article in the June 5 edition of WC Monitor incorrectly reported that more than 450 gallons of contaminated liquid was discharged into the soil in central Hanford during plutonium production activities at the site. The correct amount is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]