Vol. 29, No. 9 
DOE Cleanup Nominee ‘Got Off Pretty Easy’ in Armed Services Confirmation Hearing, Chairman Says
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE to Open Bidding Process for Savannah River Site Management Contract
The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it will begin the bidding process for the new Savannah River Site management and operations (M&O) contract by May 1. In an online announcement, DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center said that, within 30 to 60 days, it would issue a draft request for proposals (RFP) to kick off the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT Chief Upbeat GAO Decision Won’t Short-Circuit New Contract Award
BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden sounded confident Wednesday that a partnership led by his company will retain a 10-year contract for liquid waste management at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina – even after the Government Accountability Office upheld a competitor’s protest against the deal. In a redacted version of […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
National Academies Panel Studies Waste Issues at Hanford
A panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine kicked off two days of public meetings in Richland, Wash., on Wednesday as it studies supplemental processing of low-activity waste at the U.S. Energy Department’s nearby Hanford Site. The data gathering will culminate in several reports by the National Academies on treatment of low-activity […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Hanford Services Contractor Earns Highest Award Fee
Mission Support Alliance (MSA) has earned its highest award fee since it became the Hanford Site’s services contractor in 2009. The Department of Energy announced late Monday it was awarding MSA $20.4 million, or about 94 percent of the maximum $21.7 million available for fiscal 2017. That was more than the $19.2 million, or 91 […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portman Cites DOE Pledge to Clean up Portsmouth Landfills, Plumes
The U.S. Energy Department has committed to remediation of existing landfills and plumes at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Ohio, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said following a Feb. 23 meeting with stakeholders. Officials in the nearby village of Piketon have raised concerns over such contaminated areas inside the Perimeter Road in connection with […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Emergency Planning Still Has Some Gaps, DOE Says
The U.S. Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has improved its emergency planning and preparation, but work remains to correct shortcomings identified in a 2016 report, according to new findings from DOE’s internal watchdog. The Office of Emergency Management Assessments, within the department’s independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), studied WIPP emergency […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Acting DOE Cleanup Biz Office Chief Becomes Permanent Director
Jeffrey Kash Grimes, who has been acting director of the U.S. Energy Department Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) since December, has been named the permanent head of the procurement operation. The DOE Office of Environmental Management announced Grimes’ promotion on Thursday. He replaces Ralph Holland, who retired at the end of 2017. The Cincinnati-based […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Mercury Treatment RFP at Oak Ridge Could be Imminent
The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) says the final request for proposals for construction of the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn., could come any time now. The office said in a Feb. 6 procurement notice the final RFP could be issued within 15 to 45 days. One-on-one meetings […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Hanford: Meeting Set on PUREX Plant Tunnel Stabilization
A public meeting is planned for March 14 in Richland, Wash., on permit changes to support the Department of Energy’s plan to stabilize the second waste tunnel at the Hanford Site PUREX Plant. It also will cover actions already taken to stabilize the first tunnel at the plant. After the older of two tunnels storing […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: New Assistant Managers Named at WIPP
The U.S. Energy Department’s Carlsbad Field Office has two new assistant managers to help conduct its oversight of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. WIPP is the nation’s only underground repository for disposal of transuranic waste from across the Department of Energy complex. James (Ed) Garza has been named assistant manager for […]