Vol. 32, No. 35

Cleanup & Remediation

Biden Promises Federal-Contractor Vaccine Mandate

Six weeks after telling unvaccinated feds and contractors to wear masks and be tested regularly for COVID-19, President Joe Biden Thursday took things a step further and said such workers must either take the vaccine or find another job.   “If you want to work with the federal government, do business with us, get vaccinated,” Biden […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Stopgap Budget Should Protect Uranium Cleanup Fund, White House says

    Given the shrinking chances of Congress agreeing on fiscal year 2022 appropriations by the end of the month, the Joe Biden administration on Tuesday requested that any continuing resolution Congress passes to extend 2021 budgets protect the short-term operations of the Department of Energy’s uranium enrichment cleanups. As Weapons Complex Monitor has reported, the government […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    About 74% of Tailings Removed From Moab Pile

    The Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor at a uranium mill tailings pile near Moab, Utah has moved about 74% of the radioactive material to a disposal site 30 miles away, according to an update posted online this week. In August, North Wind Portage shipped 73,923 tons of tailings and debris from the former Atlas Minerals […]

  • High-Level & Tank Waste

    DOE Now Plans 90-day Comment Period on 2,000-Gallon Test Bed Project

    The Department of Energy said Tuesday it plans a 90-day comment period concerning a proposal to grout up to 2,000 gallons of low-activity tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington and transport it out of state for final disposal. In an initial 14-day comment period on the Test Best Initiative that ended last Friday, […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Former Communications Director Becomes New EM Chief of Staff

    Mike Nartker, a former communications director at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is now chief of staff, according to a new organizational chart posted online last Wednesday. In the post, Nartker reports to DOE’s acting assistant secretary for environmental management (EM) William (Ike) White.  In addition to supporting White and principal deputy […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Wrap Up: Mediation Extended in SRNS Disability Suit

    A federal court mediation deadline of Sept. 16 has been set for a long time worker at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina who sued operations contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions last year under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Attorneys for Richard Lusby, who initially filed his case in a South […]

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