Vol. 30, No. 44 
Energy Nominee Brouillette Fields Senate Committee Questions
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Budget & Policy
Progress Continues on Stopgap Funding, ‘Skinny’ NDAA
The U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons programs would be funded at prior-year levels almost through the end of December, under a second stopgap spending plan announced Thursday to keep the federal government operating while Congress tries to finalize… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
Waste Shipment Deal Between Idaho, DOE Won’t Be Executed Quickly
It could be well into 2020 before the U.S. Department of Energy can begin shipping spent fuel from the Byron nuclear power plant in Illinois to DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory. Likewise, it will probably take years before all the lab transuranic waste covered… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Advisory Board: DOE End-State Contracting Needs Clarity, Proper Staffing
A year after the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management initiated its end-state contracting model, confusion remains over exactly what that approach involves, whether leadership is still behind it, and if staff is ready to execute. These… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE’s Idaho Cleanup Chief Takes Over Biz Center
The U.S. Energy Department has tapped a longtime agency hand, Jack Zimmerman, to head its Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC). Zimmerman is currently manager of DOE’s Idaho Cleanup Project, where for the past five years… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE Seeking Low-Level Waste Treatment Vendors
The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management is starting market research for vendors to provide low-level and mixed low-level waste treatment services. The nuclear cleanup office on Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI)/sources-sought… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Two Major DOE Contractors Resist Updated Whistleblower Protections
Strengthened whistleblower protections approved by Congress are now written into most but not all major contracts at the U.S. Energy Department, according to a DOE Office of Inspector General report dated Nov. 4. The office reviewed 30 of DOE’s largest contracts,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AECOM Cites Record Revenue, Net Loss for Fiscal Year
AECOM, the international infrastructure company that is preparing its exit from contracting for the U.S. Energy Department, on Tuesday reported record annual revenue but a net loss for its fiscal 2019. Company-wide revenue of almost $20.2 billion was up 2% from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Parsons Earnings Rise On Tax Benefit, Sales Higher On Acquisitions
Parsons on Tuesday posted higher third-quarter earnings due to a tax benefit, sales up on acquisitions in its Federal Solutions Segment, and to a lesser degree on an increase in organic revenue. Net income climbed 38% to $56.8 million, $0.57 earnings per share… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Contractors Want Portsmouth Site Radioactive Contamination Lawsuit Tossed
A group of current and former contractors at the U.S. Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio say two federal lawsuits accusing them of failure to contain radioactive contamination should be dismissed. Centrus Energy and the other companies say Ursula McGlone… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS Contractor Seeks Dismissal of $1M Relief Motion from Former Worker
The liquid waste contractor at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site says it should not have to pay an additional $1 million to a former employee after it already paid $1.5 million last month following a jury decision in a discrimination lawsuit. Savannah… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Feasibility Study Planned for Entombing Oak Ridge Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
U.S. Department of Energy officials are continuing to evaluate a decommissioning approach for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee that could involve removing above-ground structures and encasing contaminated… 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
Savannah River Contractor Cites New Hires, Waste Storage Progress in Annual Report
The liquid waste contractor for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina hired 250 new employees in fiscal 2019 as part of ongoing efforts to offset the loss of employees due to retirement and attrition. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) said in its annual report… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: National Academies Panel Extends Comment Deadline for Hanford Report
The National Academies committee studying supplemental treatment of low-activity waste at the U.S. Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state is accepting public comments until Nov. 20 on its upcoming report. The comment period was originally scheduled… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
The final test run early in 2020 of the U.S. Energy Department’s Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) will employ a waste simulant rather than actual radioactive waste, as indicated in a Nov. 8 article in Weapons Complex Monitor. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]