Vol. 28, No. 30 
House’s 2018 Energy Budget Has $6.4B, New Work, for EM
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Contracts & Procurement
LANL Waiting for Word on New Cleanup Contractor
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is still waiting on word regarding a new contract for legacy nuclear cleanup at the Department of Energy facility in New Mexico, an official said Tuesday. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) in September 2016 issued… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs in Talks to Acquire CH2M, U.K. Paper Reports
Jacobs Engineering, of Dallas, is in talks to purchase Dallas-based engineering firm and DOE nuclear contractor CH2M, the U.K. Telegraph reported last week. The rumored purchase, reported Sunday by the Telegraph to be in danger of collapsing, comes as CH2M… 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
DOE Finishes First Big Saltstone Disposal Unit at Savannah River
The lead liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C., on July 18 finished building the Saltstone Disposal Unit- (SDU) 6: the first of seven planned 30-million-plus-gallon tanks that will store radioactive salt waste left over from processing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
RFIs Out for SRS Security Follow-On, Hanford Lab Ops
The Energy Department on Wednesday released a request for information on a follow-up paramilitary security services contract at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. Centerra LLC is the incumbent SRS security contractor. Its roughly $1 billion security services… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Committee Vote on Senior DOE Managers Delayed Indefinitely
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has delayed a planned vote on whether to send three of President Donald Trump’s nominees for senior Energy Department roles to the full Senate for confirmation. The would-be DOE officials scheduled for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Six Months In, Trump’s DNFSB Leans Democratic
The Donald Trump administration is close to a mostly Republican Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but is still operating with a Democratic-leaning Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The White House in January began an ideological shift at both five-member groups,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senators Seek Resource Center for Ill Hanford Workers
The Department of Energy would be required to establish a resource center to support ill and injured Hanford Site workers in their efforts to obtain workers’ compensation, under language added to the U.S. Senate appropriations bill covering DOE for the next fiscal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Lockheed, Leidos Allocate Liabilities in Hanford Contractor Investigation
Lockheed Martin and Leidos have allocated liabilities between themselves should the Department of Justice pursue a claim in connection with an ongoing false claims investigation of Mission Support Alliance, the support services contractor at the Hanford Site, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
Demolition Begins on Hanford’s Z Plant
Demolition began Wednesday on the Hanford Site’s Z Plant, the main processing building at the Plutonium Finishing Plant. “Starting the work on the main processing facility complex marks the final step in demolition” of the Plutonium Finishing Plant, which… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
National Academies Looking at WIPP for Disposal of Plutonium, Tank-Waste
At the Energy Department’s request, the congressionally chartered National Academies will study the potential for sending 34 metric tons of processed weapon-grade plutonium — and possibly other waste — to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perry to Visit Portsmouth Site, Senator Says
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to travel to Ohio on July 31 to view the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and American Centrifuge Project, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) announced on July 21. “I’m excited to announce that Secretary Perry has accepted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]