Vol. 30, No. 35

High-Level & Tank Waste

Washington State, Feds Plan ‘Holistic’ Talks on Hanford Waste Disposal

Washington state and federal officials are ready for negotiations on “a holistic and realistic path forward” on the schedule for disposal of radioactive tank waste stored at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site, the top official at the facility said in a letter this week. Brian Vance, DOE manager for both the Richland Operations Office and […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Senate Appropriations Bill Would Boost DOE Cleanup Spending to Over $7.4 Billion

    The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved legislation that would provide $7.45 billion in fiscal 2020 for the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management. The nuclear cleanup funding in the Senate energy and water appropriations bill… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    GAO Cites Energy Department Management Problems With Waste Unit in Idaho

    The U.S. Energy Department does not have a clear strategy to combat rising costs and delays for the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Monday. In the report, GAO says the Energy… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Fluor Idaho Gradually Winds Down Operations at AMWTP

    Fluor Idaho, the U.S. Energy Department’s cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory, expects within weeks to largely conclude its work at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP). As of late August, 140 cubic meters of transuranic waste debris… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Getting Contract Awards Right More Important Than Speed, DOE Undersecretary Says

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — While the U.S. Energy Department has moved slower than anticipated in awarding several multibillion-dollar nuclear cleanup contracts, it is important to get the process correct, DOE Undersecretary for Science Paul Dabbar said Wednesday. “We… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Contractors Hope End-State Model Will Shrink Procurement Delays

    HENDERSON, Nev. – Nuclear cleanup vendors hope the U.S. Energy Department’s new approach to procurement succeeds in quickening the pace of contract awards, one executive said here last week. That was the assessment of the end-state contracting model offered… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    30 Years of Remediation Left at Oak Ridge, Official Says

    HENDERSON, Nev. — There is roughly three decades of environmental work left at the U.S. Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, mostly at Y-12 National Security Complex and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, according to one official. “We’ve got… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Vitrification & Grout

    Construction to Begin in May for Next Saltstone Disposal Unit at Savannah River

    Site preparation is continuing for the next large-scale Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina, with plans to begin construction in May 2020. According to a post Monday on the site’s Facebook page,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Bid Protest Filed Over $137M Tech Support Services Award

    New Mexico-based Strategic Management Solutions filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Monday over a contract worth up to $137 million to provide technical support services for the Energy Department’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]

  • Decommissioning

    Latest Soil Samples Suggest Rocky Flats Wilderness Area Safe for Recreation

    The latest soil samples from around the Rocky Flats Natural Wildlife Refuge show residual radiological contamination at the one-time nuclear weapons site in Colorado poses no health threat for employees, hikers, or nearby communities, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Wrap Up: Perry Checks on Santa Susana Site in California

    U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Sept. 6 visited the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory to assess challenges associated with cleanup of the site. The Energy Department said in a Friday press release that Perry was… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

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