Vol. 27, No. 20 Senate Passes 2017 Energy and Water Spending Bill With $6.4B For Legacy Cleanup
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE IG Nominee Grilled on Hanford Site
Susan Beard, a Department of Energy attorney of more than 25 years nominated in April to become the agency’s next inspector general, had her day in the Senate Thursday, where lawmakers who must consent to her nomination pressed her about the DOE’s Hanford Site:… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Hits Roadblock in Building Mercury Contamination Research Center
The Department of Energy still plans to develop a field research center in Oak Ridge, Tenn., to test new technologies for addressing mercury contamination in the environment, but the federal agency has decided not to construct the facility at the Horizon Center… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Y-12 Beats Waste Removal Project Deadline by Over 2 Years
The Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee said this week it has easily beaten a September 2018 deadline to ship off 2,247 containers of mixed hazardous and radioactive waste. The project was carried out under the Oak Ridge Reservation Site Treatment Plan… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Nuke Watch NM Sues Feds Over Blown LANL Cleanup Order
Making good on a threat from January, a Santa Fe, N.M., nuclear watchdog group on Thursday sued the Energy Department and the agency’s prime contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in federal court for failing to clean up nuclear waste at the 70 year-old… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECOM 2Q Revenue Dips Slightly, Adjusted EPS Up by 50%
Engineering giant AECOM’s fiscal second-quarter revenue dipped by 3 percent, from $4.51 billion in 2015 to $4.38 billion this year, according to earnings numbers released Tuesday. Earnings per share landed at $0.27, with adjusted earnings per share up by… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus Trims Q1 Loss, Starts ACP Decommissioning
Uranium fuel supplier Centrus Energy trimmed its losses in the first quarter of 2016, after which it officially began closing down the industrial-scale uranium enrichment demonstration known as the American Centrifuge Plant (ACP) in Piketon, Ohio. The former United… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Provides $5M Grant to Boost SRS Workforce
A regional group that supports job creation near the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., was recently given $1 million to help fill future workforce needs at the site. The Department of Energy announced Monday that the grant totals $5 million that will be rationed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Hanford: Another Possible Vapor Leak
Another possible chemical vapor incident was reported Tuesday at the Hanford Site in Washington state for the first time in five days. This one was different because it was reported about 7 miles away from where previous reports were made. Previous potential exposures… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Wrap Up: Battelle ‘Eternally Optimistic’ on SD Borehole
A representative for Battelle Memorial Institute said Thursday he is “eternally optimistic” the company will submit a zoning application to Spink County, N.D., for its proposed deep borehole nuclear wast storage field test. Battelle spokesman T.R. Massey said that Wednesday’s third public meeting in Spink County was attended by about 150 people, including field test […]