Vol. 32, No. 15 Navarro Team Completes Transition at Hanford 222-S Lab
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Cleanup & Remediation
Small Rise in Weekly COVID Cases at DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office
The number of confirmed active cases of COVID-19 among the federal and contractor workforce for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is up from last week, according to figures provided Thursday by a spokesperson. There are currently 116 cases across the Environmental Management (EM) complex, which represents an increase from last week’s total […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE Seeks Extension of Bid Offers for Idaho Site, Sources Say
The Department of Energy, apparently not quite ready to make a decision on an award, is asking bidders for a new $6.4-billion cleanup contract at the Idaho National Laboratory to extend the expiration dates on their proposals, sources said this week. Other than… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former Hanford Services Contractor Settles Federal Fraud Case
Leidos-led Mission Support Alliance, the former landlord services contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, settled a fraud lawsuit, reportedly for $6-million, in a case brought two years ago by the Department of Justice. “I… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Some EM Contracts Approaching Expiration Dates, Barring Extensions
Barring extensions, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has four contracts set to expire within the next 60 days, according to the contract summary page for the $7-billion-plus nuclear cleanup branch. Portsmouth Mission Alliance, a partnership… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
Texas Could Keep Stranded Los Alamos TRU Through 2022
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality this week published a minor amendment to Waste Control Specialists’s state radioactive material license, allowing the company to keep potentially combustible drums of Department of Energy transuranic waste at a commercial… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Transuranic Waste
Competition on WIPP Operations Contract Starting Between Now and June, DOE Says
The Department of Energy expects to issue the final solicitation for a new prime contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico between now and June, according to a procurement notice this week. The agency said the final request for proposals (RFP)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP Hauler Should Stay Busy in Coming Years, DOE Says
The next contractor in charge of moving defense-related transuranic to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., under a planned five-year contract may handle 500-to-800 shipments annually, the Department Energy said in comments posted online recently. “Over… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE to Keep Focus on End State Contracting Model in 2021
The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office first rolled out its end state contracting model in 2018 and now wants to flesh out exactly how the program is supposed to work. The DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) tucked this nugget inside its Strategic… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Lays Out Ambitious 10-Year Goals for Nuclear Cleanup
Within 10 years, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management hopes to have its vitrification plant humming at the Hanford Site in Washington state, with 40% of the tanks closed at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and also be about done… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Mexico, DOE Sign Off on Federal Plan for DP Road Cleanup
The New Mexico Environment Department recently gave its blessing to a Department of Energy’s plan to commence remediation of radioactive contamination along a public road just outside Los Alamos National Laboratory property. The work plan stipulates that DOE… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE Says Restart of Underground Fan Poses Minimal Radiation Risk at WIPP
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s planned revival of an underground ventilation fan that has been idle for years is targeted for late July, officials for the Department of Energy and its prime contractor in Carlsbad, N.M. said Thursday night. The summer target… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Work Finished on 3 Old DOE Waste Structures at Hanford
Work crews have finished shoring up three old liquid waste disposal structures in danger of collapse at the Hanford Site in Washington state, the Department of Energy and contractor Central Plateau Cleanup Co. said Thursday. “With this work completed, Hanford… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Constructively Dissatisfied: 30 Minutes with Michael Lempke, President, Nuclear & Environmental Services, Huntington Ingalls Industries
It was not quite a year ago when Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) reorganized its Technical Services segment to include three distinct business units. Nuclear and Environmental Services, the unit in charge of business development at Department of Energy nuclear-weapons… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]