Vol. 27, No. 23 WIPP Team Still Aiming for Dec. 12 Reopening
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE’s $4-Billion Estimate for Remaining LANL Cleanup Too Low, NM Says
Even at almost $4 billion, the Department of Energy underestimates the cost of cleaning up decades worth of accumulated defense nuclear waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), New Mexico’s Environment Department said Thursday. “DOE’s lifecycle… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Moves to Reorganize Office of Environmental Management
A proposed bureaucracy shake-up that would have the nine field-office heads at the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) reporting to a new Washington-based manager remained ongoing at press time Friday, a DOE spokesperson said this week. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Due Date Passes for DOE to Report on MOX to Senate Committee
It remained unclear at press time Friday whether the Department of Energy had delivered by its Monday deadline new details about the agency’s cost and schedule estimates for the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility to the Senate Armed Services Committee. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE IG Nomination Crawling in Senate
The White House’s nominee for Energy Department inspector general has replied to a long list of concerns raised by senators at her confirmation hearing last month, but with a busy legislative session ahead and a backlog of would-be government executives awaiting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Radiation Levels on Leaky Hanford Tank Back to Normal, WRPS Says
Radiation readings that had Hanford officials checking for a possible leak in Hanford’s second oldest double shell tank have returned to normal, Mark Lindholm, president of Hanford tank farm contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), said in an… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Energy IG Starts Review of Hanford Tank Vapors
The Energy Department’s Inspector General on Tuesday started a review of actions taken by the agency to address worker concerns about chemical vapors at the Hanford tank farms near Richland, Wash. The DOE IG held an entrance conference with Hanford officials… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge Denies Local Economic Development Group’s Request to Join Lawsuit Against DOE
A regional economic development group representing rural South Carolina counties that house DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS) may not join the state’s $100 million dollar plutonium lawsuit against the Energy Department, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The Southern… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Board: Money Should be Used for SRS Radioactive Material Safety
An advisory board to the Savannah River Site wants more staffers and assessments for site work involving radioactive materials and/or criticality. The request comes in the aftermath of the safety pause on all nonessential work implemented on Sept. 11, 2015, by… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Richland Operations Office Prepares for Move
The Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office (RL) plans to start moving its employees out of the Federal Building in Richland, Wash., to privately owned buildings this summer. The move would put workers in the Richland Stevens Center complex, which is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
NRC Clears Small Cache of SRS Waste for Eventual Shipment to WIPP
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week cleared the way for the Department of Energy to ship radio-contaminated barrels that qualify as transuranic waste from the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE’s Oak Ridge Office Gets New Manager
Kenneth R. Tarcza, a retired Army officer, has been named manager of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office in Tennessee as of May 3. He will oversee the Integrated Support Center, which provides services to multiple national laboratories and Office of Science… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]