Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 7 IG: DOE Should Develop Risk-Based Plan for Contractor Cost Audits
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Lawmakers Question Proposed Cuts for Portsmouth, Paducah
Mike Nartker and Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Lawmakers this week questioned the Department of Energy’s proposed funding cut next year for cleanup work at the Portsmouth and Paducah gaseous diffusion plants. DOE’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Mexico Preparing Over $100 Million in Additional Penalties for Los Alamos Violations
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 The New Mexico Environment Department this week warned that it plans to levy additional penalties of more than $100 million against the Department of Energy due to violations at Los Alamos National Laboratory if DOE does… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
INTERVIEW: House E&W Approps. Subcommittee Chair Mike Simpson
The following interview with House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee Chair Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) was conducted last week by Weapons Complex Monitor Editor Kenneth Fletcher. WC Monitor 2/13/2015 I’d like to talk a bit about the Department of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
One Year After Radiological Release, Hurdles Remain for Reopening WIPP
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Though the radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant a year ago this week exposed major issues in the nation’s transuranic waste program, local, state and federal officials are emphasizing progress while… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Release of Final RFP for New Idaho Contract Could Slip as DOE Addresses Concerns
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/13/2015 With the competitive landscape for the new Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) Core contract still in flux, the Department of Energy appears likely to push back the release of a final Request for Proposals for the new contract as it… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Transuranic Waste
EDITORIAL: One Year After WIPP Incidents, Where is the Congressional Oversight?
Feb. 14 will mark the one-year anniversary of the radiation release that has shut down the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and brought the Department of Energy’s once-successful national transuranic waste program to a sudden, devastating halt with no clear end… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Draft RFP For New Los Alamos Cleanup Contract Anticipated to Come Out This Summer
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/13/2015 A draft Request for Proposals for a new cleanup contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory could be issued in the next several months, acting Assistant Energy Secretary for Environmental Management Mark Whitney said late… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Parties Reach Partial Agreement on Savannah River Tank Dispute
Talks Extended Another Month Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 In a step forward in resolving discussions between South Carolina, the Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Savannah River tank closure milestones, the parties… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
GAO Keeps EM, NNSA, On 2015 ‘High-Risk’ List
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 2/13/2015 The National Nuclear Security Administration and the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management contract management will remain on the Government Accountability Office’s High-Risk List for another… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
After EVMS System Revoked, SRNS Says it Has Corrected Issues
Delays Could Impact Start of D-Basin Project Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 After Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor at the Savannah River Site, has worked to improve its Earned Value Management System certification since it was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRR Earns 95 Percent of Award and Incentive Fee in FY’14
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Savannah River Remediation, the liquid waste contractor for the Savannah River Site, earned 95 percent of its available award and incentive fee in Fiscal Year 2014, according to a fee determination scorecard the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GAO Releases Decision Denying Portage’s Protest of NNSS Contract Decision
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/13/2015 The Government Accountability Office this week released its decision denying the protest Portage filed against Navarro Research and Engineering’s win of the new Nevada National Security Site environmental programs services… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
Economic Benefits of Sellafield Change Can’t be Quantified, NDA Says Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Though last month the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority decided to terminate the current contract to run the Sellafield site, the NDA has said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At River Protection
WRPS Issues Plan to Protect Workers From Tank Vapors WC Monitor 2/13/2015 A new plan to better protect workers from chemical vapors from Hanford tanks will be implemented in two phases, with the first phase completing 30 of 47 recommendations made in an independent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Richland
Senator Presses DOE Sec. on Hanford Timelines, Budget WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-wash.) pressed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz late this week to provide a timeline for cleaning up two highly contaminated sites at Hanford given a proposed cut to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
Work on Leaking Reactor Pool to Begin In May WC Monitor 2/13/2015 Cleanup actions at an old and leaking reactor pool at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are expected to begin in May, the Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor URS-CH2M Oak Ridge, LLC, said… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 2/13/2015 IN CONGRESS Former Naval Reactors Government Affairs director Adam DeMella is joining the majority staff of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, WC Monitor has learned. DeMella headed up Naval Reactor’s government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]