Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 3 Rep. Newhouse Calls for Responsible Cleanup Funding Level in FY16 Budget
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Transuranic Waste
DNFSB to Hold Meeting On WIPP Incidents in Carlsbad This Spring
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board plans to hold a meeting this spring in Carlsbad, N.M., on last year’s incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant that resulted in the ongoing shutdown of the facility. Operations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
White House Set to Renominate Regalbuto to Head DOE Cleanup Program
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The White House is set to renominate Monica Regalbuto to head the Department of Energy’s cleanup program, though the timing of the move remains unclear, WC Monitor has learned. Along with Regalbuto, the White House is also… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Ports. D&D Contractor Faces New Cost Controls That Could Impact Fee
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/23/2015 A new Department of Energy fee plan for the final 18 months of Fluor-B&W Portsmouth’s base contract for the Portsmouth D&D project, a copy of which WC Monitor obtained this week, continues DOE’s efforts to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
WRPS Earns 83 Percent of Award Fee for FY 2014
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC, earned $10.5 million in Fiscal Year 2014 award fee, or about 83 percent of its total available award fee, according to information the Department of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EM Official Thomas Johnson to Hold New Post at DOE Savannah River Office
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Operations Office is creating a new position of Associate Deputy Manager, which will be filled by Thomas Johnson, currently serving at DOE Office of Environmental Management… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Seeking Best-and-Final Offers from Hanford 222-S Lab Contract Bidders
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Department of Energy is seeking best-and-final offers from bidders on the new contract to operate the Hanford 222-S Laboratory, a spokeswoman for the DOE Office of Environmental Management confirmed this week. DOE has established… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
NNSA Highly Critical of LANS in FY 2014 Performance Review
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/23/2015 National Nuclear Security Administration officials were highly critical of Los Alamos National Laboratory management in the lab’s recently released Fiscal Year 2014 Performance Evaluation Review, with the document stating… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SRNS Earns 86 Percent of Available Award Fee for FY’14
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 Savannah River Site managing contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions earned 86 percent of its available award fee for Fiscal Year 2014, according to award fee information the Department of Energy released this week. SRNS… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Issues Updated Draft RFP for Idaho NRC-Licensed Facilities Contract
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Department of Energy issued this week an updated draft Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. The updated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
WAI Receives Six-Month TWPC Contract Extension Into July
DOE Evaluating Bids for Follow-Up Contract Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 As the Department of Energy evaluates bids for a new contract to operate the Oak Ridge Transuranic Waste Processing Center, DOE late last week extended by six months the current… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Non-Proliferation
Savannah River Moving Closer to Potentially Processing German Fuel
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 While a Savannah River National Laboratory study has concluded that processing a difficult batch of German highly enriched uranium at the Savannah River Site is feasible, no decision will be made on accepting the fuel until… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UCOR Taking Steps After DOE Review Finds Systems Engineering Program Issues
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 After a Department of Energy program assessment found three high-priority issues with the systems engineering program for Oak Ridge cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, the contractor is working on a corrective action… 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
Wash. State Concerned DOE May Look to Slow Down Work at WTP
Staff Reports WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The state of Washington is concerned that the Department of Energy may be planning to take longer to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant and scale back on retrieving waste from single-shell tanks at the site to lower annual… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Transuranic Waste
Waste Processing Change Identified in WIPP Investigation
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 In another development in the investigation into the radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, waste processing workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have identified a procedural change related to potentially… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
NMP Hopes For Continued Role at Sellafield After Contract Termination Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/23/2015 In the wake of the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s decision to take back management of the Sellafield site, Nuclear Management Partners… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Transuranic Waste
On WIPP
Large Chunk of WIPP Ceiling Falls WC Monitor 1/23/2015 A large chunk of the ceiling in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground fell last week in a restricted access area in the Panel 3 access drift, according to the Department of Energy. No workers were present… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At River Protection
DOE Looking At Next Steps for Waste Retrieval After MARS Failure WC Monitor 1/23/2015 The Department of Energy is considering its next steps to empty waste from Tank C-105 after its most robust retrieval technology failed to work as expected when equipped with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
At Oak Ridge
Security Contractor Receives Performance Score of 96 for FY 2014 NS&D Monitor 1/23/2015 National Strategic Protective Services, the Department of Energy’s security contractor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee Technology Park and other… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 1/23/2015 IN CONGRESS Senate Republicans this week officially named Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) as chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. Alexander had been expected to assume the top spot on the panel since Republicans took… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]