Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 43 PPPO Chief Retiring
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
DOE May Face Fines Over MOX Milestone
Staff Reports NS&D Monitor 11/13/2015 The state of South Carolina is mulling legal options in responding to a key plutonium disposal milestone the Department of Energy will miss at the Savannah River Site’s controversial Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF). The state’s decision could include the attempted levying of millions of dollars in fines over […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Sends New NDAA to Obama
Alissa Tabirian and Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/13/2015 The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a new version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 2016, sending it to President Barack Obama, who is expected to sign the legislation. The new bill that authorizes $607 billion in defense spending was passed in the House […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Has Implemented 70% of AIB’s Corrective Recommendations for WIPP
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/13/2015 Above-Ground Storage Facility Could Operate Even After WIPP Reopens The Energy Department has implemented 70 percent of corrective actions recommended by DOE’s Accident Investigation Board for recovery of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, DOE Office of Environmental Management Carlsbad Field Office spokesman Tim Runyon said during a presentation in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Safety Incidents Persist at Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/13/2015 Safety issues continue to be reported at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant as employees conduct work on three high-hazard projects at once. Incidents of workers being contaminated with small amounts of radioactive material were first reported this summer in the weekly site reports from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety […]
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Vitrification & Grout
SRS Cleanup Stakeholders Mull Grouting Tanks in Groups
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/13/2015 The Department of Energy is always looking for new ways to save money in its liquid waste work, said Jim Folk, the acting assistant manager for the waste disposition project at the Savannah River Site (SRS). One way to accomplish that could include restructuring the way SRS is closing its […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Ohio Sen. Urges Moniz, OMB Chief to Double Regular Portsmouth D&D Funding for FY ’17
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/13/2015 Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) on Monday called on Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to request $460 million to fully fund cleanup at the Portsmouth Site in fiscal 2017, and to provide more predictable funding for the site in the future, as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus Energy Reports $55.1 Million Loss for Q3
Karl Herchenroeder WC Monitor 11/13/2015 Centrus Energy Corp. on Tuesday reported a net loss of $55.1 million for the third quarter of 2015, a drastic plunge from net income of $418.9 million for the same time period in 2014. Through the first three quarters of the year, Centrus has endured a net loss of $85.6 […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford Advisory Board Wants More Information on Tank Vapors
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/13/2015 The Hanford Advisory Board has asked the Department of Energy to release more information on protecting workers from chemical vapors and other issues at the Hanford Site tank farms. The board included the vapor issue on its proposed 2016 work plan, but DOE objected, and it is not included as […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Sen. Says $1.6M Inactive ‘USEC Fund’ is Gov’t Waste
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/13/2015 Though no initiatives appear to have been started, Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) hopes lawmakers will work to free up some $1.6 billion locked up in an essentially inactive account created 25 years ago to support activities of the then-newly initiated United States Enrichment Corp., after the senator highlighted the account […]
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Decommissioning
Historic Switchyard Coming Down at Oak Ridge
Staff Reports WC Monitor 11/13/2015 An electrical switchyard that was part of the early uranium enrichment work in Oak Ridge is about to be eliminated from the landscape at the sprawling site now known as the East Tennessee Technology Park. The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management earlier this year awarded a $2.1 million […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
In West Valley Project, EM Moves HLW to Outdoor Storage for First Time
Brian Bradley WC Monitor 11/13/2015 As part of the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) in upstate New York, high-level waste has been placed in long-term outdoor storage for the first time, with the first waste canister being moved on Nov. 10, EM officials said this week. The agency is […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
WC Monitor 11/13/2013 Hanford TPA Comment Period Extended The Department of Energy and its regulators have extended the comment period for proposed changes to Tri-Party Agreement milestones for much of the remaining work in central Hanford after requests from stakeholders. The comment period will close Jan. 15 rather than Dec. 11, as originally scheduled. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
At Carlsbad
Portage Receives Tech Support Contract WC Monitor 11/13/2015 The Energy Department said Thursday it has awarded incumbent Portage Inc., of Idaho Falls, a $42.4 million contract to provide technical support services to DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office in all program areas. The contract comprises a three-year base period and a two-year option period. The contract includes […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 11/13/2015 IN EM The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management will host its next quarterly forum to discuss business opportunities in the legacy nuclear cleanup arena from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 15 at DOE headquarters (Forrestal Building) in Washington, D.C. “Organized by EM’s Office of Acquisition and Project Management, the […]