Vol. 28, No. 3 
Legacy Nuclear Cleanup in the Trump Administration – Day 1 of 100
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Budget & Policy
Perry Suggests DOE Cleanup Budget Will Get Hard Look
The Trump administration will take a hard look at the Energy Department’s budget for legacy nuclear waste cleanup, Energy Secretary-designate Rick Perry said Thursday during his Senate confirmation hearing. “[P]rioritizing the funding and managing that funding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Spent Fuel Shipment in Limbo as IWTU Delays Continue
Idaho National Laboratory officials still hope to bring in a shipment of spent nuclear fuel for a research project with South Korea this spring. But it appears unlikely that will be allowed due to ongoing delays at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit. Under… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Likely to Miss Idaho Cleanup Milestone Due to WIPP
The Energy Department is likely next year to miss another major nuclear waste removal milestone set in its 1995 settlement agreement with the state of Idaho. Under the agreement, DOE committed to remove from the Idaho National Laboratory site some 65,000 cubic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Worker Vapor Concerns Persist at Hanford, DOE Report Finds
Despite progress made to address vapors from radioactive waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state, union worker concerns have not decreased, according to a new review from the Department of Energy’s Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA). The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Contractor to Pay $5.3M to Settle Time-Card Fraud Case
The Hanford Site’s tank farm contractor has agreed to pay a $5.275 million settlement to resolve federal allegations of time-card fraud. Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) was accused of submitting false claims to the Department of Energy between October… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Bill for Emptying AY-102 Over $40 Million, DOE Estimates
The Energy Department is on track to empty most of the waste in a leaky double-shell tank at the Hanford Site in Washington state by a March 4 regulatory deadline — a job likely to cost more than $40 million, a DOE official said Wednesday. The final bill for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons […]
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Decommissioning
PFP Demo Still on Schedule, Despite Hanford Snow Days
Despite a few unplanned days off due to wicked winter weather in Washington state, the Energy Department still expects to tear down the Plutonium Finishing Plant at the Hanford Site to the concrete slab on which it was built by a Sept. 30 regulatory deadline,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
ACP Waste Going to Nevada in March, Centrus Says
Centrus Energy Corp. plans to ship low-level waste from the decommissioned American Centrifuge uranium enrichment demonstration facility in Piketon, Ohio, to the Nevada National Security Site for disposal beginning in March, company filings with the Nuclear Regulatory… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
West Valley DOE Cleanup Contractor Rating Dips Slightly
The environmental remediation contractor for the Department of Energy’s West Valley Demonstration Project in upstate New York earned “very good” ratings in all four categories of its latest performance evaluation. That was a slight dip from the previous… 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
Local Mayor Wants More Information About Proposed Portsmouth Landfill
The mayor of the village of Piketon wants the Energy Department to fund an independent assessment of the nuclear landfill the agency wants to build at the former uranium enrichment site near the small town in southeast Ohio. DOE formally decided to build the proposed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Advisory Board Gets New Management Services Contractor
Prosidian Consulting of North Carolina has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $2 million for management and facilitation services to the Hanford Advisory Board in Washington state. The Department of Energy contract is for a one-year-base period… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
SRS Tank Waste Drops Below 35M Gallons For First Time in 18 Years
The Savannah River Site liquid waste tank farms hold less than 35 million gallons of waste for the first time since 1999, according to a Jan. 9 Facebook post from Savannah River Remediation (SRR), the Department of Energy facility’s liquid waste contractor. Since… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Mexico Environment Official Joining Longenecker & Associates
Kathryn Roberts, who helped regulate major nuclear cleanup projects in New Mexico, is leaving the New Mexico Environment Department to become a project manager at consulting shop Longenecker & Associates, the firm said Tuesday. Roberts, most recently director… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
Commentary — Investment In DOE Cleanup A Key Opportunity for New Administration
By Todd Wright This is a period of change for America and for the Department of Energy (DOE). Fittingly, the transition to a new president and new administration offers the chance to reflect on one of DOE’s core programs: the Office of Environmental Management… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]