Vol. 32, No. 26 
Navarro Tech Win Might Ease Procurement Jam at WIPP; DOE Won’t Resume In-Person Meetings
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Contracts & Procurement
2nd Bid Protest Filed Over SRS Security Contract Decision
SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, filed a bid protest June 28 over the Department of Energy’s decision to stand by a February award of a security services contract to Securitas-led SRS Critical Infrastructure Security. It is the second challenge filed by a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE Plans Next Step for 2,000-Gallon Test Bed Initiative at Hanford
After holding up the project two years, the Department of Energy will start developing an environmental assessment in July for a 2,000-gallon test of the Test Bed Initiative that involves grouting and out-of-state disposal of low-activity tank waste from the Hanford… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hot, Dry Conditions Create ‘Extreme’ Fire Danger at Hanford
Fire danger at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state continued to be “extreme” Friday morning as the region suffered through a heatwave, according to an advisory from the landlord contractor at the cleanup property. With daytime highs… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River Citizens Board Seeks to Avoid Repeat of Membership Shortage
After two presidential administrations allowed the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board to dwindle to only seven out of a potential 25 members, the panel voted this week to adopt a policy to avoid such staffing shortages in the future. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Groups Sue to Halt Pit Production at Savannah River Pending Review
Environmentalists this week sued to stop the National Nuclear Security Administration from building a plutonium pit plant at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., alleging violation of environmental law. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) should… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Feds Drop Long-running Home Office False Claims Act Case at SRNS
A U.S. District Court judge in South Carolina agreed Thursday to grant a Department of Justice motion to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit filed in 2016 against Fluor and the Fluor-led management contractor for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
North Wind Nabs $22M Remediation Deal at Knolls Atomic Lab
North Wind Site Services has won a Department of Energy remediation contract, potentially worth $22 million over five years, at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Niskayuna, N.Y., the agency said in a press release this week. West Virginia-based North Wind… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Bechtel-led Group Receives 2-Year Extension on Cavendish Project in United Kingdom
Bechtel Cavendish Nuclear Solutions said recently it has received a two-year extension on its existing contract to continue work at a 1950s nuclear waste silo on the United Kingdom’s Sellafield Site in northern England. Since 2012 the team led by Virginia-based… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]