Vol. 29, No. 18 
N3B Completes Transition, Becomes Legacy Cleanup Contractor at Los Alamos
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Cleanup & Remediation
Parsons Rejects DOE Claims of SRS Waste Facility Mismanagement
Parsons has asked Energy Department officials to retract a notice of concern that claimed significant mismanagement in the company’s work to start up the multibillion-dollar Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. In an April 6 letter obtained by Weapons Complex Monitor, Parsons SWPF project manager Frank Sheppard said the March […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Cites Fire Protection Gaps at Savannah River Waste Facility
The Energy Department needs to address some shortcomings in fire protection at the Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) said recently. There is no comprehensive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
S.C. Gov. Threatens to Drag DOE to Court if it Cancels MFFF
The governor of South Carolina this week promised a court challenge if the Department of Energy cancels the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) under construction in his state, or turns the planned plutonium-disposal plant into a new weapons facility. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Faces Class-Action Lawsuit on Hanford Pensions
A new class action lawsuit was filed Monday on behalf of Hanford Site workers whose pension benefits were reduced when they were transferred from contractors and subcontractors at the Department of Energy facility to six “enterprise companies” in 1996. Attorney… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Government Business Was Bright Spot in Lousy Quarter for Fluor
The government sector was one of the few bright spots early this year in what Fluor Chairman and CEO David Seaton described Thursday as “a disastrous quarter.” “I think we have a good brand in that market and are continuing to bid those projects and being… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Transuranic Waste
Fluor Idaho, State Continue to Study Waste Drum Breach
The Energy Department and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho are still in the early stages of the investigation of an April 11 breach of four drums of radioactive waste at the Idaho Site, a state official said this week. “They have made several re-entries and are… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Lawmaker Receptive to Offering DOE Grout Option at Hanford
At least one member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said last week he supports giving the Hanford Site in Washington state the ability to pursue lower-cost options for disposal of millions of tons of radioactive waste. Rep. Steve Russell… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
House NDAA Has $15.3B Overall for NNSA, Calls for Report on Hanford Vapors
The House of Representatives’ version of the fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act would authorize $65 million in funding to begin work on a new low-yield nuclear warhead for submarine-launched ballistic missiles as part of an overall $15.3 billion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
LANL Regional Coalition Seeking New Director
The Board of Directors for the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) voted April 27 to advertise for a new executive director to succeed Andrea Romero, whose contract was not renewed at the end of February following a public dispute over expense reimbursements. Los… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Centrus Seeks Final NRC OK for Portsmouth Cascade Decommissioning Project
Centrus Energy is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to amend its nuclear material license at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The application was filed as the company is closing out decommissioning of its American Centrifuge uranium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Tech Development for DOE Cleanup Should Emphasize Risk Reduction, Oregon Says
A National Academies committee studying technology development needed across the Department of Energy environmental management complex should focus on technologies that can provide final and lasting reductions in long-term risk, according to the Oregon Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Cleanup Chief Lauds Hanford Worker Center
The new Hanford Workforce Engagement Center could serve as a model across the Department of Energy nuclear cleanup complex, said Anne White, the new DOE assistant secretary for environmental management. Sworn in little more than a month ago, she made her second… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: No Public Meeting Yet on Proposed PUREX Tunnel Changes
The Washington state Department of Ecology has postponed, for now, a second public meeting to seek input on management of waste storage tunnels at the PUREX Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state, after the older of the two tunnels was found to be partially… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]