Vol. 32, No. 34

Cleanup & Remediation

Momentum Builds for Employee Vax Orders Across Weapons Complex

There have been 29 deaths from COVID-19 across the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup enterprise, 6,141 confirmed cases since the pandemic began and at least two prime contractors at major federal sites that say they will order employees to get vaccinated. Those are a few of the pre-Labor Day developments confirmed by Weapons Complex Monitor […]
  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    Citizens Group Wants Longer Comment Period for Hanford 2,000-Gallon Test Bed

    An advocacy group wants the Department of Energy to provide at least 60 days, rather than 14, for public comment on a draft environmental assessment of a federal plan to grout up to 2,000 gallons of low-activity tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington and ship the material out of state.  The current 14-day […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    House Committee’s 2022 NDAA Authorizes Big Outlay for Defense Cleanup

    The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022 would authorize the full $6.84 billion sought by the Joe Biden administration for Defense Environmental Cleanup at Department of Energy nuclear sites, according to the chairman’s mark. The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday approved its version of the 2022 […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Judge Says SBA Erred in Finding Swift & Staley Too Big for Set-Aside

    An appeals panel within the Small Business Administration erred in May when it found Swift & Staley was too big to qualify for a $160-million Department of Energy set-aside contract for services at the Paducah Site in Kentucky, a U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge ruled. The ruling turned on whether a Swift & Staley […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Navarro Takes Over as Carlsbad Tech Contractor After Protest Dismissed at GAO

    Navarro Research & Engineering took over this week as the new Carlsbad Technical Assistance in New Mexico after a challenge to its $76-million award from the Department of Energy was dismissed. According to a notice filed Friday, Aug. 27, on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) website, the challenge lodged July 26 by Pecos Technical Solutions […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Centerra Bid Protest on SRS Security Contract Dismissed for Now

    The Government Accountability Office has formally dismissed a bid protest brought last month by incumbent Centerra over the Department of Energy’s $1-billion security contract award to a rival at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina — but that might not be the end of the dispute. In a notice dated Aug. 9, the Government […]

  • Decommissioning

    West Valley Contractor Eyes Demo of Main Plant Building Early Next Year

    The Department of Energy’s Jacobs-led contractor for remediation of the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York could begin taking down the Main Plant Process Building this year, a manager said at a public meeting Wednesday. Deactivation of the contaminated facility should be finished later this fall, although the schedule could always slip due […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    UCOR Reaps 98% of Potential Fee in 1H 2021

    For the second review period in a row UCOR, the Amentum-Jacobs cleanup team at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, is pocketing 98% of its potential fee from the Department of Energy. The contractor earned 100% of its almost $7.9 million potential fee for the first half of fiscal 2021, from Oct. 1, 2020 through […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Veolia Wins 89% of Fee in Final 7 Months at 222-S Lab

    Veolia earned about 89% of its potential fee from the Department of Energy during its last seven months of analytic work at the Department of Energy’s 222 S Laboratory at the Hanford Site in Washington state. That is according to a fee scorecard published by DOE earlier this month. A Veolia unit took home $148,707 […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Portsmouth Cleanup Contractor Pockets 85% of Potential Fee

    Overall, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth claimed $30 million, or 85% of a potential $35.3 million in total available fee, for its work at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site for an 18-month period ending March 31. The Fluor-led contractor earned $7.4 million or 70% out a potential $10.6 million in subjective fee, according to the scorecard from […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Wrap Up: Odors Prompt Temporary Hanford Take-Cover Order; WIPP Plans Panels

    The Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state lifted a take cover order about four hours after workers detected strange odors Wednesday morning in the 200 West Area of the cleanup complex. Crews investigating reports of odors near the Reduction Oxidation (REDOX) plant found no evidence of radiation or a chemical release near the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Radwaste Summit Rescheduled for November

    The Exchange Monitor’s RadWaste Summit has been rescheduled to Nov. 3-5 at the J.W. Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Spa in Summerlin, Nev. For more information, please contact Beth Wagner, associate brand director for the RadWaste Summit.

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