Vol. 27, No. 33 With Cold Ops a Wrap, WIPP Reopening Trails DOE Goal By 1 Month
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Bechtel Passes Halfway Mark on Crucial DFLAW Design, But Contract Mod Still in the Works
Bechtel National is more than halfway finished designing a facility crucial to starting a long-delayed cleanup of liquid radioactive waste in Washington state by 2022, but the company and the Energy Department are still haggling over the contract changes needed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Feds Request Dismissal of Hanford Worker Safety Lawsuit
The Department of Justice is seeking dismissal of a federal lawsuit filed by Washington state over worker safety at the Hanford Site. It filed the motion this week in U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington, claiming the state had no legal standing to bring… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EM Reorg Might Be Reorganized Slightly
WASHINGTON — There might be some adjustments to the recently completed shakeup of the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) in Washington, D.C., the agency’s No. 2 nuclear cleanup official said Wednesday. “There’s going to be tweaks… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
SPRU Demolition to Stretch Into Summer 2017
The Energy Department believes it will take at least until next summer to finish demolition of the two primary buildings at the Separations Process Research Unit in upstate New York, where the agency remains mired in a business dispute with its prime demolition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Extends Deadlines for EM Contract Proposals
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is giving contractors a few extra days to submit their proposals for two contracts. The due date for the liquid waste management contract at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina has been pushed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Concerns Loom Over Recent Drones Sightings Above SRS
Members of the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board are worried about recent drone sightings over the Department of Energy facility in South Carolina because no one knows who’s flying them or why. As of Thursday, site employees have documented 12 drone… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingNuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor! You must be […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
No Safety Concerns After Canisters Fail Leak Check at SRS
A pair of steel canisters that were not perfectly sealed after they were filled with glass-immobilized waste have been tucked away at the Savannah River Site’s Defense Waste Processing Facility Glass Waste Storage Building, according to a report posted online… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
While We Were Out
Congress was out and Washington was empty, but that didn’t stop news from breaking during our annual August publication break. As chronicled in the Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, here are a few stories that we’ve been following. Hanford Tank AY-102… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]