Vol. 27, No. 11

Transuranic Waste

NWP Eyes Quick Ramp-Up for WIPP Shipments

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., will be able to store about five shipments of transuranic waste a month after it reopens to new shipments later this year, but the prime contractor at the underground Energy Department facility said here… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SRNS Aims for Full Return to Normal Ops This Month

    PHOENIX — The operator of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina intends by the end of March to fully resume normal operations following a September 2015 safety incident that led the contractor to order a nearly company-wide suspension… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SRNL Partnership Aims to Reduce Cost of Cleanup Mission

    Longstanding efforts to reduce the cost and time of cleaning up nuclear waste at the Savannah River Site and around the entire Environmental Management (EM) complex will require mature technology, according to SRS contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Draft Savannah River Site Solicitation Leads EM Procurement Blitz

    PHOENIX — The Energy Department plans to release a draft solicitation for Savannah River Site liquid cleanup work worth between $1 billion and $3 billion by March 31, a senior DOE procurement official said here Wednesday. It is the first, and one of the largest,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    DOE : Contract Mods for Hanford Waste Treatment Plant ‘Very Near’

    PHOENIX — The Energy Department has almost finished tweaking an $11.4-billion contract with Bechtel National that will officially clear the San Francisco-based company to modify the Hanford Site Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) to begin treating low-level nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Industry Grouses About DOE Contracting Trends

    PHOENIX — Major cleanup contractors working across the Energy Department’s weapons complex bemoaned contracting trends at DOE’s Office of Environmental Management that, they say, have made it harder to justify bidding on cleanup work. “I think there’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Oak Ridge Targets Worst Sites for Cleanup

    The overwhelming number of excess facilities awaiting cleanup at Department of Energy facilities has been identified as one of the agency’s biggest challenges and concerns, and DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is using $28 million – a special… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    At Paducah: Groundwater Pump Upgrades Complete

    The Energy Department said Friday it has finished upgrading a facility that cleans up off-site contaminated groundwater at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Paducah, Ky. “Equipment at the C-612 Northwest Pump-and-Treat Facility that had reached the end of its service life or no longer had available replacement parts was replaced with newer equipment […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    At Los Alamos: State to Release Draft of New Cleanup Rules in March

    PHOENIX — The public could get its first look at a new proposed consent agreement governing DOE cleanup of legacy nuclear waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) near Los Alamos, N.M. on March 30, a state official said here at the 2016 Waste Management Conference. “We’re… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]

  • Decommissioning

    At West Valley: Huge, Contaminated Melting Pot Headed for Disposal in October

    PHOENIX — Heavy equipment left over from a successful liquid-waste disposal operation at the West Valley Demonstration Project should be entombed in concrete in Texas by October, a DOE contractor said here Wednesday at the 2016 Waste Management Conference. Some… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Wrap Up: Gelles Leaving DOE for Private Sector

    PHOENIX — Christine Gelles, the Energy Department’s acting associate deputy assistant secretary for waste management, will retire from DOE on March 18 to join consulting and marketing shop Longenecker & Associates. “I will see you next time with just… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

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