Vol. 27, No. 14 N.M. Releases Draft Revised LANL Cleanup Order
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth Nabs Work Extension From DOE, With a Catch
Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth will continue cleaning up the former Portsmouth uranium enrichment facility for at least two-and-a-half more years, under a contract modification with the Energy Department that took effect this week. It is simultaneously a vote of confidence… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
With Little Fanfare, Six Tons of Plutonium Officially Headed to WIPP
The Energy Department’s decision to officially ship 6 metric tons of diluted weapon-grade plutonium to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., ultimately registered as a pot-sweetener this week as flashier nonproliferation news stole the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Draft Solicitation for SRS Liquid Cleanup Work Arrives
The Energy Department on Thursday released a draft solicitation for liquid waste cleanup work at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. that could be worth up to $6 billion over 10 years, including options. The deal will follow-up an eight-year, $4.1 billion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
SRS CAB Members Critical of Downblending Presentation
Members of the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) said they walked away with more questions than answers Tuesday following a presentation on the downblending method of plutonium disposition. Instead of using the incomplete SRS Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
At Hanford: Still Waiting on FY 2015 Performance Evaluation for WTP
The Department of Energy has yet to post a 2015 award fee scorecard for its prime contractor on the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) now under construction by Bechtel National at the Hanford Site, a former plutonium production facility near Richland, Wash. Award fee… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
At WIPP: Safety Pause Lifted; Ventilation Improvements Planned
Workers at the Department of Energy’s underground storage site for plutonium-contaminated waste have been cleared to return to work in portions of the mine shut down in February after high levels of non-nuclear airborne contamination were found in the facility’s… 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: House Nuke Cleanup Caucus Meeting April 20
The Energy Department’s top nuclear cleanup official will discuss the transition of DOE nuclear facilities from active missions to cleanup with the bipartisan House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus April 20, one of the caucus’ chairmen said in a press release. The event… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]