Vol. 31, No. 40 
Energy Secretary’s Security Staffers Test Positive for COVID-19
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Cleanup & Remediation
Lawmakers, DOE Chief Applaud Demolition of Oak Ridge Enrichment Complex
The Department of Energy’s top brass joined the governor of Tennessee, congressmen and local dignitaries Tuesday at the Oak Ridge Site to celebrate taking down contaminated facilities at what was once the K-25 uranium enrichment complex and is now the East Tennessee Technology Park. The ceremony happened two days before two members of Energy Secretary […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Pandemic Hasn’t Slowed EM Procurement, Officials Say
While some work at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, contract procurement has hardly missed a beat, officials told an online industry conference this week. Thus far in 2020 there have been “almost no drop offs [and] ironically enough, almost some acceleration” in contract solicitations and […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
$426M Paid to DOE Cleanup Contractors Under COVID Leave Provision
Nuclear cleanup contractors for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management received $426-million during fiscal 2020 to help cushion the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for employees not able to report to work. That’s according to a spokesperson for the agency’s Office of Environmental Management (EM). The figure represents reimbursements EM paid to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth Prime Fluor-BWXT Seeking 75 to Take Voluntary Separation
The prime at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio is offering an early buy-out for up to 75 workers willing to leave the remediation contractor by the end of the year. Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth launched its Self-Select Voluntary Separation Program on Thursday, its second such effort in the past couple of years, seeking 75 […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Final RFP Hits the Streets for Portsmouth Infrastructure Services
The Department of Energy is giving potential bidders until Dec. 1 to respond to a final request for proposals for a new five-year infrastructure support services contract at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued the request for proposals (RFP) notice Tuesday. The DOE nuclear cleanup branch said in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
EM Manager, Hanford Boss Stress Ethical Standards
The Department of Energy is seeking to hold contractors accountable for high ethical standards and professional practices, executives at the Office of Environmental Management said publicly this week and last. Hanford Site in Washington state can use education along with the specter of financial loss in pushing ethical standards for contractors, the site’s federal manager, […]
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Transuranic Waste
Los Alamos Studying ‘Potential Energetic’ TRU Waste Issue Flagged by DNFSB
Officials at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory are looking into Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board concerns that the New Mexico site should do more to minimize the risk of a transuranic waste drum explosion. The board, in a letter dated Sept. 24, found that safety bases for both DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up: ETEBA Picks New Director
Bill Moore, a geologist with more than 25 years of experience in the environmental cleanup business, is the new executive director for the Tennessee-based Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association. Bob Eby, the organization’s board president, announced Moore’s appointment this week during the trade group’s first virtual 2020 Business Opportunities and Technical Conference. Moore has […]