Vol. 27, No. 9 DOE Firm on WIPP Reopening Date, Despite Safety Pause
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Cleanup & Remediation
Radioactive Contamination Spread Reported at Hanford
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked the Department of Energy to prepare a corrective action report by the third week of April after the spread of radioactive contamination was discovered at the Hanford Site following a November windstorm. Some contamination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Worker Plunges Into Septic Tank at Hanford
A worker at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site near Richland, Wash., on Jan. 21 plunged 4 feet into an old septic tank he was attempting to dig out of the ground to clear space for plumbing that eventually will pipe liquid waste out of leaky underground waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Decommissioning
Highly Contaminated Glove Boxes Removed from Hanford PFP
The Plutonium Finishing Plant is another step closer to being torn down after decades of work to clean out the heavily contaminated facility at the Hanford Site in Washington state. This week the Department of Energy announced that both of the 12-foot-tall glove… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Despite Drain From Lost NNSA Contracts, BWXT Earnings Strong in 2015
Not yet a year removed from spinning off its power-generation business, 2015 income from continuing operations at the now-nuclear-focused BWX Technologies rose nearly 9 percent year over year in 2015, despite a profit drain associated with the loss of two big contracts… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Graham Slams Proposal to Close MOX Plant
South Carolina’s senior senator exploded at Energy Department officials on Tuesday, demanding to know why nobody has been fired for the White House’s apparent flip-flop on turning 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-usable plutonium into fuel for commercial nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Alexander to Introduce Waste Interim Storage Legislation
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday that he will champion a change in law that would allow the Department of Energy to contract private companies in storing nuclear waste. The move would clear the way for DOE’s search for consent-based interim… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Hanford: Remaining Hanford Costs Tagged at $107.7B
Remaining Hanford Costs Tagged at $107.7B The remaining cleanup costs at the Hanford Site plus some limited long-term stewardship come to $107.7 billion, according to the 2016 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule and Cost Report. The estimate a year ago was $110.2… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River: HB Line Facility to Exit Deliberate Ops in March
HB Line, a facility that assists the Savannah River Site’s H Canyon facility in processing nuclear materials, is expected to exit a reduced work phase next month as site contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) advances toward resumption of full normal operations. SRNS, the Savannah River Site’s management and operations contractor, self-induced an operational safety […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Idaho: DOE to Test New Groundwater Remedies by 2019
With groundwater cleanup at the Energy Department’s Idaho Site progressing slower than expected, DOE is giving itself until September 2019 to test out some fixes, an agency official told members of an agency-chartered citizen group last week. That is according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Moab Contractor Earns High Marks
Moab uranium mill tailings remediation project contractor Portage Inc. earned 84 percent of its potential award fee for fiscal 2015, the Department of Energy said on Thursday. The $1.26 million fee came with a rating of “very good” for the year. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Corrections and Clarifications
An article in the Feb. 12 edition of Weapons Complex Monitor, “Hanford Liquid Cleanup OK in Budget, but Big Cuts for Other Areas Proposed,” should have said: The total cost of the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, including Bechtel’s $11.4 billion prime contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]