Vol. 31, No. 22 
Additional DOE Sites Get Green Light to Start Getting Back to Work
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Contracts & Procurement
Procurement Notice Released for Idaho National Lab Cleanup Contract
The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management on Wednesday released the final request for proposals for the potential $6.4 billion Idaho Cleanup Project contract. The solicitation covers environmental remediation at the Idaho National Laboratory, as well as spent fuel management there and at the retired Fort Saint Vrain nuclear power plant near Platteville, Colo. The […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Pair of Bid Protests Filed Over Hanford Tank Closure Contract
Two runners-up for a potential $13 billion tank closure contract at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state filed protests Wednesday with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Hanford Tank Closure Co. and Tank Closure Partnership LLC both objected to DOE’s May 14 award to Hanford Works Restoration, which is comprised of BWX Technologies, Fluor, […]
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Vitrification & Grout
Energy Dept. Considers On-Site Disposal of Hanford Vitrified Low-Activity Waste
The Department of Energy indicated in a draft report issued Tuesday that vitrified low-activity waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state can be disposed of at the facility, rather than requiring transfer to another location. Conversion of low-activity waste from Hanford’s 177 underground storage tanks into a glass form for disposal is expected to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Centerra Set to Remain SRS Security Provider Into 2021
The Energy Department intends to keep security contractor Centerra Group on the job at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina into 2021, according to a Tuesday procurement notice. The update landed on the same day the company seemingly objected to the procurement for the follow-on contract for paramilitary security services at the 310-square-mile complex […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS Employee Settles Case Against Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
A worker at the Savannah River Site this month settled his federal personal injury lawsuit against the Energy Department’s operations contractor for the South Carolina facility. Henry Bradley, who was employed by another contractor at Savannah River, in November 2018 filed the $75,000 suit in U.S. District Court in South Carolina against site manager Savannah […]
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Budget & Policy
Month Remains on Indemnity Protection Linked to COVID-19
There is about one month left on the temporary indemnity determination the Department of Energy allowed nuclear-weapon sites to add to their management and operations contracts after the COVID-19 pandemic forced mass telework in mid-March. The determination, which Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued on March 26, will lapse on June 30. The decision specified […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: WIPP Shipments Down Through April
The Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico received 47 shipments of transuranic waste during the first four months of 2020. That is down from 83 for the same period in 2019, according to the Energy Department’s public database for the waste disposal facility. In late March, WIPP reduced operations due to […]