Weapons Complex Vol. 26 No. 8 States Push Back Against DOE Policy on Paying Fines Out of Cleanup Funds
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE to Hold Industry Day in Early March for New Los Alamos Cleanup Contract
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/20/2015 Gearing up for the upcoming procurement for a new contract for legacy cleanup work at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Department of Energy plans to hold an industry day March 3 in Pojoaque, N.M. DOE announced last… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Decommissioning
Fluor Exec. Questions $250,000 DOE Fine for Portsmouth Data Falsification Incident
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/20/2015 A senior Fluor executive late this week questioned the Department of Energy’s recent decision to issue a fine of almost a quarter-of-a-million dollars against Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, for a data falsification… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE’s Latest Attempt to Award New LM Support Contract Hit With Protests
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/20/2015 The long-drawn-out search for a new support services contractor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management hit a new roadblock this week, with DOE now facing two challenges to its latest award decision.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
Total Cost of SPRU D&D Project Could Approach $400 Million
Contract Initially Valued at Approx. $67 Million Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/20/2015 The total cost to complete D&D activities at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) site could approach $400 million, project contractor AECOM reported last week. To… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
CHBWV Earns 60 Percent of Available Fee for Second Half of FY’14
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/20/2015 West Valley Demonstration Project cleanup contractor CH2M Hill B&W West Valley earned about 60 percent, or $175,000, of its available award fee for the second half of Fiscal Year 2014, according to a fee determination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
Carlsbad Employees Appear Most Concerned Of Possible Retaliation
EM Releases Field Office-Level Results From 2014 Employee Survey Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/20/2015 Federal employees at the Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office appear to be the most concerned across the entire DOE cleanup program of potentially… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB Needs to Do More to Improve Procedures, Controls, GAO Finds
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 2/20/2015 The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board needs to do more to further improve internal procedures and controls, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released late this week. Before 2013, the Board had few written… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former CH2M Hill Exec. Discuss Hanford Time Card Fraud Case
Staff Reports WC Monitor 2/20/2015 The highest level CH2M Hill Hanford Group official accused of aiding timecard fraud calls the civil fine he agreed to in exchange for having criminal charges dropped extortion. More than 20 months after Ryan Dodd, a former vice… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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International
U.K. Cleanup Focus
About 1,300 Sellafield Workers Walk Off Job Twice This Week Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 2/20/2015 About 1,300 workers at the U.K.’s Sellafield Site walked off the site twice this week as part of a labor dispute, site license company Sellafield Limited confirmed.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At River Protection
DOE, Wash. State Argue in Court Over Proposed Consent Decree Changes WC Monitor 2/20/2015 The state of Washington would inappropriately expand the Hanford consent decree beyond what the parties signed onto in 2010, including adding new double-shell tanks, the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Oak Ridge
K-25 Museum Won’t Include Original Equipment WC Monitor 2/20/2015 The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Environmental Management office has confirmed that the upcoming displays planned as part of a K-25 historical park and museum will not include any… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up
WC Monitor 2/20/2015 IN THE DNFSB The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is seeking a funding level of approximately $29.2 million for next year, an increase of approximately $650,000 from current funding levels, according to the Board’s recently released… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]