Vol. 31, No. 42 
No Word Yet from Hanford Boss on New Tank Closure Contract
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High-Level & Tank Waste
IWTU Might be Running by June; Idaho Piles Up Penalties Against DOE
Idaho has now imposed about $9.16 million in fines against the Department of Energy for failing to treat sodium-bearing liquid radioactive waste at the Idaho National Laboratory with the long-delayed Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, a state official said this week. Depending… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Big Uptick in Active Cases Reported in Nuke Cleanup Complex, Including Hanford
There are currently 109 active cases of COVID-19 within the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management cleanup complex, which is 10 more than a week ago, a spokesperson said Thursday. There appears to be a steady rise in coronavirus infections… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
After Turf Wars, DNFSB, DOE Working on Info-Sharing Accord
By early next year, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and the Department of Energy could sign a memorandum of understanding about how to share information under a two year-old DOE order that limits interactions between the federal agencies. On Tuesday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Protest Period Expires Ensuring Navarro-led Team as Operator of Hanford Lab
A venture led by Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Navarro Research and Engineering is assured of becoming the new operator of 222-S Laboratory at the Hanford Site in Washington state, now that the window for protesting DOE’s contract award to the team lapsed. The period… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Extends Hanford Plateau, Site Services Transition Periods
The Department of Energy extended to January the transition periods for the support services and solid-waste cleanup contractors at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Transition periods for both the Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions team and the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
Final RFP Issued for DOE Carlsbad Technical Assistance Contract
The Department of Energy Thursday rolled out a final solicitation for a potential five-year, $100-million technical assistance contract at the Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico. Bids are due by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Dec. 14 for the indefinite delivery, indefinite… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
Critic Cautions New Mexico Lawmakers on ‘Forever WIPP’
The Department of Energy’s underground disposal site for defense-related transuranic waste is succumbing to mission creep, a critic of the agency told the New Mexico Legislature’s Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee last week. The mission at the Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
On Heels of Salt-Waste Startup, Disposal Unit-7 Tracking for FY22 Opening
The Department of Energy is entering the final phase of construction at the seventh large saltstone disposal unit at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, an agency manager said this week. Workers are currently installing a leak-proof rubber liner in the inside… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Inspector General Finds Problems Respirator Upkeep at Portsmouth Site
The Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General said there is not enough vetting of respirator maintenance for environmental cleanup workers at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, which increases the chance of employees being exposed to radioactive contamination. Decontamination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up: Alaska Native Firm Wins Biz Center Tech Support Deal
An Alaska native corporation, Tuknik Government Services, won a $15-million Department of Energy contract for technical support work for the environmental business center in Cincinnati, Ohio. DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
An article that appeared in the Oct. 23 Weapons Complex Monitor [“Cesium Removal Unit Returns to Service at SRS”] should have said that the Tank-Closure Cesium Removal unit is a demonstration project to provide an additional means of speeding tank closure.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]