Vol. 27, No. 43 
As WIPP Teams Reclaim Schedule on Reopening, Another Underground Collapse
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Budget & Policy
The Election May Change DOE Policy, But it May Not Change DOE Policy Makers
There hasn’t been much catharsis this cycle for political junkies within the Energy Department’s nuclear complex who want to see some of the lightning from the presidential race trickle down to contests that may affect them professionally. Neither Democratic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Decommissioning
Demolition of Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant Begins
Energy Department contractor CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. on Tuesday began demolition of the Plutonium Finishing Plant at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., beginning with the south canyon airlocks of the plant’s Plutonium Reclamation Facility. Demolition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Washington State from Hanford Worker Safety Lawsuit
Washington state will remain a plaintiff in a lawsuit it brought against the Department of Energy and its Hanford Site waste storage tank farm contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), demanding better protection from chemical vapors for Hanford… 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
DOE Gets More Time to Build Additional Hanford Tank Farm Caps
The Department of Energy has been given three more years to meet milestones for building additional caps over contaminated soil in Hanford tank farms after it became apparent the agency could not meet the project’s previously set deadlines. DOE built two waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE OK’d to Skip 2017 Hanford Life-Cycle Report
The Tri-Party Agreement for the Hanford Site in Washington state has been amended to delete the requirement that the Department of Energy submit a 2017 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report to its state and federal regulators in January. The department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Commercial Low-Level Waste
Perma-Fix Northwest Fined $36,400
The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined Perma-Fix Northwest $36,400 for the improper handling of some mixed dangerous and radioactive waste apparently left by the last owner of the company’s plant in Richland. Perma-Fix purchased the facility from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Judge Won’t Throw Out S.C. Plutonium Suit, Yet
A federal judge on Monday would not dismiss a South Carolina lawsuit seeking redress for the Energy Department’s failure to remove plutonium from the state, but she did ask the sides whether the dispute should be moved to a different court. In declining to rule… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Idaho Waste Treatment System Needs New Ring Header
There is still no timetable for starting up the officially delayed Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the Department of Energy’s Idaho Site, but it will need a replacement part — which DOE has in stock — that will take up to three months to install, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
BWXT Holds Steady in Third Quarter
In a third quarter during which it announced a major acquisition in its commercial nuclear power business, BWX Technologies, of Lynchburg, Va., essentially held steady, registering small gains in revenue amid a slight dip in profit, the company reported late Monday. Overall,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor Nuclear Segment Profit Slips, Revenue Rises in 3Q
The Fluor Corp. segment that handles nuclear cleanup work for the U.S. Energy Department reported a dip in profits for the third quarter of 2016, while the construction and energy giant overall took a massive earnings hit due to a charge on a petrochemical facility… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Huntington Ingalls Reports Lower Q3 Revenue, Operating Income
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) on Thursday reported lower revenue and operating income in the third quarter of 2016, decreases it attributed in part to lower revenues in shipbuilding programs and lower sales volumes in some contracts. Company revenue fell… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Grammy Winner Gives Watchdog a Boost in Opposing S.C. Nuclear Waste Shipments
Savannah River Site Watch got the green light from Grammy Award winner Bonnie Raitt to lobby outside of her Oct. 28 concert in North Charleston, where the group collected signatures in opposition to bringing more nuclear materials to South Carolina. “Bonnie follows… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Your Voice in Weapons Complex Monitor
The ExchangeMonitor has launched the Your Voice/Our Voice opinion space in its weekly Weapons Complex Monitor e-newsletter. If you or your company is involved with the legacy nuclear cleanup work managed by the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]