Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 34 Earthquakes, Fires Among Threats to Hanford Site: Interim Report
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Y-12 UPF Can be Completed on Schedule, Lawmaker Says
Chris Schneidmiller WC Monitor 9/11/2015 SUMMERLIN, NV. – Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday expressed optimism that the Y-12 National Security Complex’s Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) can be completed by the target date of 2025.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Aims for Greater Scrutiny of Nuclear Waste Sent to WIPP
Chris Schneidmiller WC Monitor 9/11/2015 SUMMERLIN, NV – As it strives to reopen the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the Department of Energy is also taking steps to prevent nuclear waste containers from causing another incident like the one that has shut… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
LANL Acknowledges Hazardous Waste Permit Noncompliance
Chris Schneidmiller WC Monitor 9/12/2015 The Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has voluntarily acknowledged that it had breached the terms of its hazardous waste permit with the state of New Mexico. Laboratory Director Charles… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Two Working Groups Looking to Change DOE Contracting
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 9/11/2015 In the past year, the Energy Department’s Office of Science and Stanford University have completed the research phases of two contrasting pilot programs aimed at revamping the national laboratory contracting structure,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
DOE IG Identifies ‘Unresolved’ Ongoing Email Recovery Problems
Alissa Tabirian WC Monitor 9/11/2015 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) mismanagement of email records, which has “remained largely unresolved” since a 2010 review first identified recordkeeping problems, "could significantly impact [DOE’s]… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Washington to Remove Section of Hanford Site From Hazardous Sites List A section of the Hanford Site will be removed from the state of Washington’s Hazardous Sites List for the first time, pending completion of a public comment period. “This will… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 9/11/2015 IN INDUSTRY Centrus Energy has notified about 380 American Centrifuge workers that layoffs could be coming in a couple months. The company, which heads the uranium enrichment project, emphasized that the notices don’t necessarily… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]