Vol. 30, No. 03

Transuranic Waste

Advocacy Groups Go to Court to Stop WIPP Waste Volume Accounting Change

Two advocacy groups in New Mexico filed a legal appeal Thursday seeking to undo a New Mexico Environment Department order that allows the Energy Department to change the way it records underground transuranic waste volume at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad. The Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) and Nuclear Watch New […]
  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Contractor Group Backs DOE High-Level Waste Reinterpretation; NRDC Opposes

    The Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) has thrown its weight behind the Department of Energy’s case for reinterpreting the definition of high-level radioactive waste based primarily on its risk characteristics and not its source of origin. The organization,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Administration Again Seeks to Revamp DNFSB Leadership

    The White House this week teed up a radical reshaping of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), proposing to add two new members to the independent federal watchdog and boot one member. On Wednesday and Thursday, the Trump administration nominated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    EPA Absence Could Affect Hanford, Other DOE Sites

    The Department of Energy is not caught directly in the partial federal government shutdown, but the Hanford Site in Washington state is still feeling some effects indirectly. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a Hanford regulator and one of the three signatories… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOJ Asks Court to Freeze Hanford Workers’ Comp Lawsuit

    The U.S. Justice Department has asked for a stay in its lawsuit against the state of Washington over a new law that eases state workers’ compensation requirements for claims from employees of the Energy Department’s Hanford Site. The partial shutdown… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Paducah Cleanup Contractor Earns 60% of Possible Fee

    Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, comprised of Jacobs, Fluor, and BWX Technologies, got off to a “satisfactory” start in its first year as cleanup contractor at the Energy Department’s Paducah Site in Kentucky, earning 60 percent of its potential fee, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    N3B Seeks Subcontractor for Lab Analysis at Los Alamos

    Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B), cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, is seeking a subcontractor to conduct off-site laboratory tests on soil, water, and debris samples. The successful bidder… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hanford Tank Farm Manager Looks at Subcontractor for Secondary Waste Work

    Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), the tank management contractor at the Hanford Site in Washington state, is seeking expressions of interest from potential subcontractors willing to manage secondary process waste from the Effluent Treatment Facility. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Decommissioning

    Groups Want Information on Closure of Rocky Flats Weapons Plant

    Several advocacy groups have filed a petition asking a U.S. District Court to make public certain grand jury records from a long-closed investigation into the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant site in Colorado. In June 1989, the Justice Department, the FBI, and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Wrap Up: BWXT Names New Government Relations VP

    Lynchburg, Va., -based BWX Technologies said Thursday it has named Suzy Sterner as its vice president for government relations. Sterner started work in the newly created position on Monday and will report to Regina Carter, senior vice president for government affairs… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

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