Vol. 30, No. 24 
New Bosses Take Over at DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office
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Cleanup & Remediation
Error Led to Energy Department Under-Reporting of Portsmouth Rad Contamination
The Department of Energy acknowledged last week that a “minor miscalculation” by contractor Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth resulted in the under-reporting of doses of some radioactive contaminants for many years around the agency’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. That said,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Transuranic Waste
Energy Department Posts Notices for High-Level Waste Change
The Department of Energy formally published its reinterpretation of the definition of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) in Monday’s Federal Register. As telegraphed for months, and officially announced on June 5, DOE now interprets that the existing HLW definition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Several Nuclear Remediation Contract Awards Still Expected by Fall, DOE Says
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) still hopes in coming months to award several major contracts, an agency procurement official said Wednesday. The potential $6 billion Hanford Mission Essential Services contract for the Hanford… 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
House NDAA Modestly Ups White House Request on DOE Defense Cleanup
The House Armed Services Committee on Thursday proposed a nearly $5.6 billion cap on defense environmental remediation spending at the Department of Energy for fiscal 2020, about $400 less than recommended by the lower chamber’s Appropriations Committee. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS Salt Waste Treatment Method Suffers Three-Month Delay
It will take at least three months longer than expected for a new salt waste treatment method at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site to complete a demonstration period that began in January. That is because the method, known as tank closure cesium… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Permit Application Withdrawn for Hanford Test Bed
The Energy Department withdrew its state permit application for the Hanford Site Test Bed Initiative last week after the Washington state Department of Ecology sought federal-state negotiations over tank waste remediation. In a May 29 letter, Ecology Director Maia… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Workers’ Compensation Law Upheld in Federal Court
A federal court on Thursday upheld a Washington state law making it easier for employees of contractors at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the ruling by the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Los Alamos Lab Cleanup Contractor Procures Slab Work at Technical Area 21
The legacy cleanup vendor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is seeking a subcontractor to excavate several old concrete slabs and provide related deactivation and decommissioning work at Technical Area 21. Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Not Covered by DOE Order Halting Participation in Foreign Talent Programs
After a former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist was indicted for allegedly lying about contacts with the Chinese government, the Energy Department prohibited its employees and contractors from participating in certain foreign “talent recruitment programs.” Deputy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: DNFSB Reschedules Hearing on WIPP, Idaho Incidents
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) has set the new date for a public hearing on two radioactive waste drum accidents in the Energy Department weapons complex. The hearing, originally set for last month, is now scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. Thursday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
An article in the June 7 issue of Weapons Complex Monitor misspelled the name of Mark Senderling, the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management deputy assistant secretary for waste and materials management. The article should also have reported that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]