Vol. 29, No. 02 
DOE EM-1 Nominee White Takes Fast Lane to Senate Hearing
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Cleanup & Remediation
Department Leaders Upbeat About EM Move to New Home
Contract management and technical expertise are the major reasons the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) will now report to DOE’s Office of Science, officials said Tuesday during a congressional hearing. Energy Secretary Rick Perry… 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
DOE Cautioned Against Rushing to Restart Hanford Plant Demo After Contamination Spread
Federal and state regulators this week directed the U.S. Energy Department not to resume radiologically hazardous demolition at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant until the agencies agree corrective actions are sufficient to protect workers and the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
No Movement Seen Yet on SRS M&O Contract
With fewer than six months left on the incumbent’s contract, the Department of Energy still has not started competition for the next Savannah River Site management and operations deal — the pact that includes running the National Nuclear Security Administration’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Outlines a Busy Short-Term Procurement Schedule
The Hanford Site has five major procurements in the pipeline between now and fiscal 2020, according to an announcement published Jan. 3 by the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC). Three of the five solicitations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Bechtel Earns $4M Incentive Fee for Meeting Hanford Waste Plant Milestone
Bechtel National (BNI) has met a contract milestone in construction of the Hanford Site Waste Treatment Plant worth an incentive fee of $4.275 million, the company and the Department of Energy announced Tuesday. The milestone was for electrical work at the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Waste Tank Prime Rated ‘Very Good’ for Fiscal 2017, Gets 89% of Fee
Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), waste storage tank operations contractor at the Hanford Site in Washington state, received 89 percent of its available fee for fiscal 2017, the Department of Energy noted in a recently issued performance scorecard. WRPS… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Surface Storage Site Comment Deadline Extended
The comment period on a draft environmental assessment (EA) for a planned above-ground storage facility at the Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., has been extended by two weeks, DOE said recently. The original 30-day comment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Deadlines Extended in DOE Contractor Discrimination Case
The liquid waste contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site and a former employee have received additional time to produce names and contact information for potential witnesses in a discrimination suit against the company. U.S. Magistrate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Savannah River Replaces Key Liquid Waste Processing Equipment, But Outage Continues
A key piece of equipment needed for liquid waste disposal at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina has successfully been replaced, but the yearlong outage of liquid waste processing remains in effect, the Department of Energy said Tuesday. Melter 3 is… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
DNFSB Sets Plan for Government Shutdown
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the safety watchdog for Department of Energy nuclear sites around the country, has issued a new plan for operations in the event of a federal government shutdown. Congress has until Jan. 19 to pass a budget for the remainder… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Waste Contractors Announce Management Updates
Several management changes have been made at the Hanford Site tank farms and Waste Treatment Plant project to help meet the Department of Energy’s goal of vitrifying tank waste as soon as 2022. A new general manager has been named for Waste Treatment Completion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
$8.1M Verdict Against Hanford Contractor Sustained
A Washington state judge has refused to grant a new trial or reduce an $8.1 million jury verdict against Hanford Site support services contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) and one of its managers. The company and Steve Young, an MSA manager and also mayor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up: Contractor Changes Name to RSI EnTech
Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Restoration Services, which was purchased by another company in October 2016, announced Monday it has changed its name to RSI EnTech. “We are excited about rebranding the company as RSI EnTech LLC while retaining the RSI brand that is synonymous… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]