Vol. 27, No. 39

Transuranic Waste

Twin Ceiling Collapses at WIPP Overshadow Progress on Reopening

The start of a crucial contractor review required to reopen the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to nuclear waste shipments from across the country was overshadowed this week by the second partial ceiling collapse discovered in a seven-day stretch at the deep… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    LANL Waste May Stay in Private Storage Two More Years, NRC Says

    Waste Control Specialists (WCS) said Tuesday it has received permission from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep a potentially dangerous batch of federal transuranic waste in Andrews, Texas, for another two years. The company in June sought permission to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    NRC Exploring Waste Management Violation at WCS Facility

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering action against Waste Control Specialists for an apparent license violation in 2014 in which the company improperly moved some 70 waste box containers of transuranic waste between two facilities at its storage complex… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SEFOR Cleanup to Advance via $10.5M DOE Grant

    A $10.5 million grant from the Department of Energy will finally enable the University of Arkansas to move ahead with demolition of the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) facility, which has gone unused for 30 years. The funding will pay for a series… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    DUF6 Incumbent Noncommittal About Possible Contract Protest

    BWX Technologies, parent of the outgoing incumbent on the Energy Department’s depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion contract, is considering whether to protest the award of a follow-on to an Atkins-led team that snatched the work away last week. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Decommissioning

    Hanford Readies for Plutonium Finishing Plant Demolition

    The last major activity is underway at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant before demolition starts on the facility’s large, central building and attached annexes. In late September a crane removed the topmost part of the roof of the Plutonium Reclamation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    DOE Issues Grants for Use of Robots in Cleanup Operations

    The Department of Energy last week issued two grants worth nearly $3 million for further research into deploying robots in hazardous nuclear cleanup operations. The grants to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the University of Massachusetts Lowell were… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    DOE Fires Latest Salvo in MOX Lawsuit

    In the latest move in the ongoing lawsuit over disposition of Department of Energy plutonium stored in South Carolina, the federal government submitted documents on Monday demonstrating its intention to advance downblending at the Savannah River Site and to send… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    DOE Tweaks Internal Whistleblower Rules

    Just after three senators introduced a bill to tighten whistleblower protection for Energy Department employees and contractors, the agency itself released a new internal order aimed at ratcheting up those same protections without congressional action. DOE order… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    EPA Sued Over Hanford Air Operating Permit

    A resident near the Hanford Site has filed a lawsuit seeking an order that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy issue or deny the Department of Energy facility’s air operating permit required by the Clean Air Act. Richland resident Bill… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • National Laboratories

    DOE Funds Projects in Pueblos Near Los Alamos Lab

    The Department of Energy announced last week that it would provide $2.785 million for a five-year project to determine potential “issues of concern” for a Native American pueblo near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The Santa Clara Pueblo is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Wrap Up: DOE Seeks Tech Services Contractor for OREM

    The Department of Energy is seeking a contractor to provide technical support services for the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM). The five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract features a $20,000 minimum value of services and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

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