Vol. 32, No. 13 
DOE Carlsbad Halts Los Alamos NNSA Shipments to WIPP After Evacuations
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Cleanup & Remediation
Feds Stay Tight-Lipped on Timeline for Return to Pre-COVID Ops
While the weekly infection numbers remain well below winter levels for the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch, agency officials are staying mum on when operations might return to something akin to pre-pandemic levels. “Given the current rates of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Final RFP for Megabuck Hanford Integrated Tank Waste Biz Could be Out in August
Don’t expect the Department of Energy to roll out its final solicitation for the potential $26.5-billion Integrated Tank Disposition Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state before August, officials said Tuesday during a virtual briefing for potential… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Extends Swift & Staley for Paducah Services While Small-Biz Protest Continues
The Department of Energy said Tuesday it is justified in extending the current Swift & Staley landlord services agreement at the Paducah Site in Kentucky for up to six months while the Small Business Administration decides whether the company is too big to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Sold: EnergySolutions Buys Used Railcars From DOE’s Savannah River Site
About 18 months after the Department of Energy put up for sale 52 old railcars used to ship contaminated soil, Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions bought the equipment for $350,000. The 100-ton railcars, now located at Savannah River Site in South Carolina, were… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE Plans to Extend Incumbent DUF6 Contractor
The Department of Energy plans to retain an Atkins-led joint venture that runs depleted uranium conversion at former gaseous diffusion plants in Ohio and Kentucky for 14 more months, until March 31, 2023, in part to help a defense project stay on track. The DOE… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Transportation Contract Draws Interest From Prospective Haulers
Prospective bidders have until Monday, April 5, to submit questions to the Department of Energy on a potential five-year, $100-million small business contract for moving transuranic waste from nuclear cleanup sites around the country to the Waste Isolation Pilot… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Managers Seek Quick Ramp-up in Shipments Post-Outage
Bosses at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., are shooting for a sharp uptick in monthly transuranic waste shipments to the underground salt mine after an ongoing maintenance outage wraps up in April, according to a recent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
Idaho Remains Preferred Shipper to WIPP, State says in Settlement Update
The Department of Energy is meeting its commitment to keep the Idaho National Laboratory as the top-priority shipper to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico but still needs to get cracking on other directives from a 2019 update to the key legal settlement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: North Wind Selected to Build Research Center; Special Election Set
An affiliate of Idaho-based North Wind Group was picked by the Department of Energy from a field of eight firms to build a $50-million research center for nuclear cleanup at the University of South Carolina at Aiken, located about 20 miles from the Savannah River… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]