Vol. 31, No. 29

Budget & Policy

House Appropriations Clears $7.5B for DOE Nuclear Cleanup

The House Appropriations Committee on Monday approved its fiscal 2021 energy and water development bill, clearing the way for a vote by the full House later this month on the spending plan that would provide at least $7.5 billion for Energy Department nuclear cleanup. The Democrat-majority panel approved the spending package in a 31-20 vote […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Bill Funds Interim Storage, Not Yucca Mountain

    The House Appropriations Committee on Monday threw its support behind the Trump administration’s new plan to develop interim storage of radioactive waste now held at commercial and government facilities around the nation. In a 30-21 party-line vote, the Democrat-majority… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Energy Dept. Nuclear Cleanup Complex Reports 66 Active COVID-19 Cases

    There are 66 cases of active coronavirus infection among personnel for nuclear cleanup operations overseen by the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management, an agency representative said Thursday. That is more than double the 31 active cases of COVID-19… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Market Research Starts on Next DOE WIPP Operations Contract

    The Department of Energy on Thursday took its first step toward sealing a new long-term contract for operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. The DOE Office of Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) issued a sources sought… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Feds Reject Suggestion of Foot-Dragging on Los Alamos Road Contamination

    The Energy Department this week rejected a suggestion by the New Mexico Environment Department that it is being slow to take action on radioactive contamination discovered earlier this year on a public road outside the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Managers of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Washington State Court Reverses $8M Award in Hanford Discrimination Suit

    A divided Washington state appeals court this week reversed an $8.1 million award issued in the wrongful discharge lawsuit brought by a former employee of a major contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. “We agree that the trial court committed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Fluor-BWXT Picks New Project Director at Portsmouth

    Contractor Fluor-BWXT has promoted J.D. Dowell to become the new project director for remediation operations at the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. Dowell, who has worked in nuclear management jobs for the military, DOE, and industry, has been at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE Comment Period Opens on B Plant Complex Work

    The Energy Department is taking public comment through Aug. 14 on options for management of deteriorating structures at the B Plant complex at the Hanford Site in Washington state. B Plant is located in the 200 East Area of the 580-square-mile Hanford Site. From… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]

  • Vitrification & Grout

    NRC Plans Technical Review of Saltstone Disposal at Savannah River

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will prepare an updated technical review for the Saltstone Disposal Facility at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The Energy Department requested the technical review of the 2020 Saltstone Disposal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Wrap Up: Small Plane Crashes Near Hanford

    A small plane crashed Sunday afternoon at the base of Rattlesnake Mountain on property owned by the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state. There were no injuries. The plane’s two occupants said they were flying to view the elk herd in the area,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Correction

    Bids for the Department of Energy’s Idaho Cleanup Project contract are due July 28. An article in the July 10 Weapons Complex Monitor incorrectly reported the bids were due in June. Questions about the final RFP were due into the Energy Department that month. SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]

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