Vol. 32, No. 42 
BWXT-led Group Lands $21B Liquid Waste Contract at Savannah River
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Contracts & Procurement
A Newish UCOR Wins $8.3B Oak Ridge Cleanup Contract to Replace Incumbent UCOR
The Department of Energy said in an online notice Tuesday it is awarding the new remediation contract at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee to an Amentum-Jacobs team called United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC in a deal potentially worth $8.3 billion over a 10-year ordering period. United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR), won the Oak Ridge […]
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National Laboratories
Vaccine Lawsuit Roundup: Federal Judge Plans Decision on Potential Injunction at Oak Ridge; More
There was no word by deadline Friday on the fate of a federal preliminary injunction request that seeks to prevent the Department of Energy contractor running the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee from placing a small group of COVID-19 vaccine refusers on unpaid leave. There were no new records on the case posted online […]
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Transuranic Waste
New Mexico Greenlights New Underground Shaft at WIPP
The state of New Mexico this week gave its go-ahead for the Department of Energy to finish sinking a new underground utility shaft at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant transuranic waste repository in Eddy County. “The addition of the new shaft and associated connecting drifts will upgrade the underground ventilation system and will restore full-scale […]
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Defense & Military
Amentum Buying PAE in Deal Valued at $1.9B, Barring Last-Minute Suitors
Maryland-based Amentum, a major player in the Department of Energy’s weapons complex, announced this week it will buy another federal contractor, Virginia-based PAE in a cash transaction valued at $1.9-billion. The acquisition, which includes Amentum’s assumption of some debt, was approved by PAE’s board of directors, according to the release. As a publicly-traded company, PAE […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Heat-up for Idaho Waste Treatment Unit Gets Underway
The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit started its 10-day heat-up period on this week, marking one of the last major milestones before the long-delayed plant begins solidifying sodium-bearing, liquid radioactive waste at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. Heat up started Monday evening, Natalie Walker, hazardous waste bureau chief with the Idaho Department of Environmental […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Hanford Area Congressman Seeks Job Protection for Unvaccinated Feds With Antibodies
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent unvaccinated federal workers and contractors from being fired if they provide proof of COVID–19 antibodies. Newhouse, whose congressional district includes the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, announced the introduction of the Options Over Terminations Act Tuesday. “Federal employees who […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Vote on Labor Contract Extension Coming Up at Hanford
Part of the unionized workforce at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state will vote Nov. 5 on a one-year contract extension negotiated by the Hanford Atomic Metals Trade Council, according to monthly reports filed by two major contractors at the federal complex. Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integrated Solutions (HMIS) entered into negotiations with […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Steelworkers Local Prepares for Contract Extension Vote at Portsmouth
Members of United Steelworkers Local Union 1-689, employed in deactivation and demolition by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, were scheduled to vote Nov. 1 on a two-year extension to their current collective bargaining contract at the Department of Energy’s former enrichment site in Ohio. Voting was set to start at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time at the multi-purpose building […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Small Biz Administration Gets Til Nov. to Reconsider Swift & Staley Ruling
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has granted the Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals 24 more days, until Nov. 12, to revisit on remand the issue of whether Swift & Staley is too big to qualify for a $160-million set-aside contract to provide landlord services at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
An article in the Oct. 22 Weapons Complex Monitor [“SRNS Asks Federal Court to Toss Case Brought by Vax Holdouts, DOE Defends Policy”] should have reported that Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) employs 5,500 people and 96% are now vaccinated.