Vol. 32, No. 43 
DOE Cleanup Office Faces ‘Critical Challenge’ as Current Generation Retires
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Transuranic Waste
More WIPP Shipments in Near Future, Permit Decision Expected in Early ’23
SUMMERLIN, NEV. — The Department of Energy should have a new 10-year authorization to continue operating the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico in place before 2024, the manager of the agency’s Carlsbad Field Office said Wednesday. The Waste Isolation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
IWTU Could Run for Several Years
SUMMERLIN, NEV. The Department of Energy expects the integrated Waste Treatment Unit to take up to seven years to treat roughly 850,000 gallons of highly radioactive sodium-bearing liquid tank waste at the Idaho National Laboratory, an agency official said Friday. Following… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Active COVID Cases at EM Under 100 for Week; 11 Positives at Hanford
There were 99 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in the Department of Energy nuclear cleanup complex during the past week, a spokesperson with the office of Environmental Management said via Thursday email. That is 16 less than the prior week. It is also much… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
More Workers Join SRNS Vaccine Lawsuit; Cite Fear of Death
More COVID-19 vaccine refusers have joined a lawsuit against Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site, and have amended their lawsuit to list fear of death from vaccines as a reason a federal judge should… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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National Laboratories
Federal Judge Won’t Block Oak Ridge’s Vaccine Mandate
A federal district judge in Tennessee has refused to issue a preliminary injunction against the Department of Energy’s management contractor for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a case brought by a small group of plaintiffs refusing to comply with a vaccine… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
Magistrate Judge Could Take Over Suit by ORNL Resisters
Although a federal judge in Tennessee turned down a preliminary injunction for vaccine holdouts at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and contractor UT-Battelle has asked that the lawsuit be tossed, a federal magistrate could take over… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
UCOR Wins Kudos From Labor Union Leader Over COVID Vax Issue
SUMMERLIN, NEV. — A labor union official representing workers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee had kind words Thursday for the manner in which the site’s remediation contractor, an Amentum-Jacobs partnership, handled its COVID-19… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
There Could be Single Hanford DOE Office Within 4 Years
Between now and 2025, the Department of Energy envisions having a single operations office at the Hanford Site in Washington state rather than the current two, according to a procurement-related document. Although they have separate budgets approved by Congress,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Holistic Talks Continue, Details Scant in Latest Report
Talks between Washington state and the Department of Energy over the future of Hanford Site cleanup continued this fall at a very granular level, according to the latest court-mandated status update about these so-called “holistic” negotiations.. “Since filing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Transuranic Waste
Feds Making Progress on Filling Staffing Holes at WIPP
SUMMERLIN, NEV. The Department of Energy expects to fill most of its vacancies at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., by May 2022, representatives of the Government Accountability Office, said here Thursday. The Government Accountability Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
USW Local at Portsmouth Approves New 2-Year Extension With Fluor-BWXT
Members of United Steelworkers Local Union 1-689, working in deactivation and demolition at the Department of Energy’s former gaseous diffusion plant complex in Ohio,this week approved a two-year contract extension Monday with Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth. The local… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
GAO Report Urges More Deliberative Approach to Nuclear Cleanup R&D
The Government Accountability Office says in a recent report the Department of Energy should better evaluate and prioritize research and development needs across the weapons complex, rather than relying so much on individual field offices and national labs. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Wrap Up: Earnings Trio; SDU-7
Though it has posted a loss for the year so far overall, Fluor, Irving, Texas, ratcheted up its earnings guidance for continuing operations in 2021 after boosting the bottom line and booking a big contract extension from DOE, the company reported this week. Also,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]