Vol. 30, No. 20 
Ohio Governor Wants Additional Sampling For Radioactive Contaminants Near Portsmouth
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Budget & Policy
House Appropriations Plan Restores DOE Nuclear Cleanup Budget to $7.2B
The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled Tuesday to review an energy and water bill that would reverse the Trump administration’s plan to cut $700 million in funding for the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office. The White House in March asked… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
2019 Shapes Up as Big Year for DOE Environmental Management Contracts
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management could issue a half-dozen major contract nuclear cleanup awards, collectively worth up to $35 billion, by the end of 2019. The office’s ’s latest procurement schedule, dated May 10, outlines an ambitious… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Hanford Budget Meeting Lacked Key Information, Local Participants Say
The Department of Energy was criticized Wednesday for failing to provide important information for discussion at a meeting on the fiscal 2021 budget for environmental remediation at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Participants at the meeting in the nearby… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Fluor Board Selects Executive VP as New CEO
As expected, major Energy Department contractor Fluor has formally selected longtime executive Carlos Hernandez as its permanent CEO, about two weeks after he took the job on an interim basis. Fluor’s Board of Directors also announced Thursday in a press release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
House Panel Rejects Moving FUSRAP to Energy Department
The House Appropriations Committee appears ready to reject the Trump administration’s request to transfer a nuclear cleanup program from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Department of Energy. In its spending legislation for fiscal 2020, released Tuesday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
West Valley Contractor Wins 75% of Fee in Latest Assessment
The Energy Department contractor for the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state won 75% of its available fee, $345,810 of a potential $461,080, in its latest six-month performance scorecard. Contractor CH2M Hill BWXT West Valley (CHBWV) recorded no… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Contaminant Found on Plutonium Shipment At SRS
A trace of a radiological contaminant was discovered on a plutonium shipping container as it was returned last month to the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. There were no leaks, spills, or exposures to workers or the environment,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Idaho Waste Treatment Project Enters Home Stretch
The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) should complete its transuranic waste processing mission this summer, although some work remains beyond fiscal 2019. Roughly 6,500 cubic meters of material, or about 10% of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Draft ROD for New Oak Ridge Landfill Delayed Until August
The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management has delayed completion of the draft record of decision on a proposed new landfill facility for the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee until August. Previously, the draft ROD was expected May 7. State and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRNS’ $8.5M in Questioned Subcontract Costs Deemed Allowable
About $8.5 million in contractor costs approved by the company that manages the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site were initially deemed improper in a recent Department of Energy audit. But in a manager response attached to the audit by the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Lawsuits Pile Up Against Hanford-Area Business
A Washington state information-technology and staff augmentation company faces a second civil lawsuit over claims it accepted pay for work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site but failed to pay the subcontractor hired to provide the services. E2 Consulting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix Borrows From Shareholder-Consultant
By John Stang Perma-Fix Environmental Services has borrowed $2.5 million from one of its shareholders to be used for general working capital. The Atlanta-based nuclear services provider recorded the April 1 transaction in a May 9 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: DNFSB Delays Hearing on Idaho, WIPP Incidents
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) has postponed its scheduled May 22 public hearing in Washington, D.C., on past radioactive waste accidents at the Energy Department’s Idaho National Laboratory and its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]