Vol. 28, No. 11 
Trump Proposes Biggest DOE EM Budget in Almost a Decade
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Budget & Policy
Trump Orders Agencies to Slim Down
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, to eliminate “duplication and redundancy” as part of what he called a “long-overdue reorganization of our federal departments and agencies.” Trump… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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National Laboratories
BWXT Committed to DOE Work, But Also Expansion, CEO Says
Until he joined the newly spun-off BWX Technologies in late 2015 as chief operating officer, former NASA hand Rex Geveden hadn’t had much to do with nuclear anything since supporting fast-breeder reactor research during his student days at the Argonne National… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Most of Stranded WIPP Waste Buried, DOE Says
The Energy Department and contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership have now buried most of the radioactive waste that was stranded above ground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant three years ago, clearing out much-needed storage space for waste shipments slated to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
WIPP Could Get Needed EPA Recertification by July
The Environmental Protection Agency could clear the Energy Department to keep disposing of transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant by mid-July, according to a recent regulatory filing. Every five years, under the federal law that created the Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Contractors Plan Layoffs
CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. (CHPRC) and Mission Support Alliance expect to cut up to 300 jobs at the Hanford Site by the end of the fiscal year as two key cleanup projects near completion. CHPRC, which plans to eliminate up to 250 jobs, told workers Wednesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Official Fate of Hanford Tank AY-102 Will Be Known Soon
By next week, the Energy Department and Washington River Protection Solutions must let the state of Washington know if they can safely inspect the inside of the leaky double-shell tank they just emptied at the Hanford Site. On Feb. 15, DOE tank farms contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senators Urge Perry to Sustain Hanford Vapor Safety Efforts
Washington state’s two U.S. senators are urging new Energy Secretary Rick Perry to continue the efforts started by his predecessor to better protect Hanford Site workers from chemical vapors. “Nothing less than a complete commitment to safety at Hanford is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Cantwell Aide Takes Job as Advocate for Hanford Communities
The Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC) in Washington state has selected an aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to serve as its vice president of federal programs. The vice president acts as a conduit between Hanford Site-area communities and the U.S. Congress… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
CH2M Restarts Plutonium Finishing Plant Demolition
Demolition has resumed on the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant, more than a month after a radiation spread was discovered on Jan. 27. In another key step forward toward demolishing the Department of Energy plant, external power was shut off on March 5.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Ohio Lawmakers Invite Perry to Portsmouth
Eight members of Ohio’s delegation to the House of Representatives on Monday urged new Energy Secretary Rick Perry to visit the department’s uranium enrichment decommissioning project at Portsmouth. This is the latest of several invitations Perry has received… 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 Rethinking Market Effects of Uranium Barter at Portsmouth
The Energy Department could soon revise an Obama administration decision that bartering government-owned uranium to pay for nuclear cleanup at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio, does not harm the domestic uranium market, a March 9 regulatory filing shows. “The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
Op-Ed: Stay the Course on DOE Uranium Barter
By Dennis Carr Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth (FBP) prefers to operate DOE’s Portsmouth, Ohio, site with 100 percent appropriated funds from Congress. But that has not been the reality during the last six years when up to 75 percent, currently 30 percent, of funds to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]