Vol. 30, No. 34

High-Level & Tank Waste

DOE Could Miss 2036 Targets for Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

Key components of the $17 billion Waste Treatment Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state might miss the current deadline to begin operation, the U.S. Energy Department acknowledged this week. The Energy Department “cannot project with certainty” when… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Hanford Contractor Begins Removing Waste From More Tanks

    Removal of radioactive waste from a major single-shell tank, AX-102, is getting underway at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. AECOM-led tank farm contractor Washington River Protection Solutions announced via social media Aug. 29… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Companies, DOE Cleanup Office Working Out Kinks in End-State Contracting

    HENDERSON, Nev. — The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management and the vendors that provide it with nuclear remediation services are reasonably satisfied with the “end state” approach to contracting — although some lingering issues… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Vitrification & Grout

    Georgia, South Carolina Watching Plans for Vitrified Savannah River Waste

    HENDERSON, Nev. — Communities along the Georgia-South Carolina line, as well as U.S. Energy Department cleanup vendors, are closely tracking federal consideration of disposal options for 10,000 gallons of vitrified wastewater from the Savannah River Site. When… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Waste Shipments Expected to Grow 50% by Fiscal 2023

    The U.S. Energy Department expects the number of transuranic waste shipments to its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., to increase by more than 50% between fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2023. The agency anticipates it will receive about 400 shipments… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • National Laboratories

    Energy Dept. Issues Draft RFP Issued for National Deactivation and Decommissioning

    The U.S. Energy Department’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center on Thursday posted a draft request for proposals (RFP) for a contract potentially worth $3 billion for nationwide deactivation, decommissioning, and removal services. The Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]

  • Decommissioning

    Oak Ridge Landfill ROD Pushed Back a Month

    The U.S. Department of Energy now plans to issue its draft record of decision for a proposed 2.2-million-cubic yard landfill for the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee on Sept. 30. Officials with DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, the U.S. Environmental Protection… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hurricane Dorian No Longer a Threat to Savannah River Site

    After three days of bracing for impact from Hurricane Dorian, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site determined Friday that the storm was no longer a local threat as it moved up the North Carolina coast. According to the emergency… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SRS Contractor Wants Some Evidence Excluded in Discrimination Trial

    As a discrimination case filed against Savannah River Site’s liquid waste contractor approaches trial next month, the company is petitioning a federal judge to bar evidence from being presented regarding four white employees on the basis that their jobs are irrelevant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Decommissioning

    Wrap Up: Colo. Parkway Hits Roadblock Over Rocky Flats Sample

    The city of Broomfield, Colo., said this week no contractor will likely be selected to build a new stretch of bypass near the old Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant until questions are addressed over a soil sample showing the presence of plutonium in the right of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Op-Ed: It’s Time for the Department of Energy to Clean Up West Valley

    By John Pfeffer Once again, the Town of Ashford and the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) in New York state are on the outside looking in as far the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is concerned. A recent DOE proposal for interpreting the definition of high-level… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]

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