Vol. 28, No. 14 
Cange Focuses Budget Remarks on Excess DOE Facilities
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Cleanup & Remediation
WIPP Could Accept New Waste Shipment for First Time in Three Years Next Week
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) could next week accept its first shipment of transuranic waste from an Energy Department nuclear cleanup site in more than three years, a source in New Mexico said this week. DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office projected in January… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Labor Group President Resigns
The president of the Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council (HAMTC) is resigning, but says he plans to remain involved at the Hanford Site, focusing on health and safety training. Dave Molnaa will on April 16 leave the job he has held for 12 years at HAMTC, an umbrella… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SC&A Gets Five-Year Contract for West Valley EIS Work
SC&A Inc. of Vienna, Va., will help the Energy Department prepare a supplemental environmental evaluation the agency must conduct to finalize its two-phase plan to tear down a former commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing facility in upstate New York, under… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Trump Will Nominate Brouillette as Deputy DOE Secretary
President Donald Trump’s choice for deputy energy secretary, former DOE and Capitol Hill hand and current lobbyist Dan Brouillette, is said to have been handpicked by new Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Trump gave formal notice that he intends to nominate Bouillette… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
After Questioning EM Management, GOP Lawmaker Visits Perry
The chairman of a House panel with jurisdiction over the Energy Department met with Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Wednesday, less than a week after requesting an investigation into whether DOE’s Office of Environmental Management is spending money efficiently. Rep.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Draft Solicitation Out for Portsmouth, Paducah Technical Services Contract
The next technical services contract at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office in Lexington, Ky., is a five-year deal, including options, that has been set aside for eligible small-businesses, according to the draft solicitation the agency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portage Earns ‘Good’ FY16 Rating for Moab UMTRA
Portage Inc. earned $1.1 million of its possible $1.5 million fiscal 2016 award fee as the prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) contract. It received a “good” rating for the year, according to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS Declares Potential Safety Inadequacy at Spent Fuel Storage Facility
The Savannah River Site declared a potential inadequacy in the safety analysis (PISA) at a site storage facility on Feb. 24 after a lid came off a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage can. Department of Energy SRS Manager Jack Craig said in a March 29 report that the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
S.C. Health Department Cites SRS for Two Environmental Violations
South Carolina’s health department recently hit the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site with two notices, but no fines, for violations in water and emissions sampling. According to a recent site update, SRS received a notice of violation (NOV)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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International
Atkins Mum About Possible Merger’s Effect on EM Work
It was not clear this week how a Canadian company’s multibillion-dollar offer to acquire engineering giant Atkins would affect the company’s work on the Energy Department’s legacy nuclear cleanup operations. The companies on Monday confirmed they… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Letter to the Editor: Charitable Support at 2017 Waste Management Symposia
By James Voss The 2017 Waste Management Symposia was held in early March in Phoenix. We are extremely pleased at the results and the extent of our charitable educational support. At the symposia, we awarded 21 scholarships, funded a fellowship at Gonzaga University,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]