Vol. 33, No. 05 Prep System for Hanford Liquid Waste Has Processed 50K Gallons, DOE Says
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Lifecycle Cost as Low as $300B, as High as $641B, DOE Estimates
The Department of Energy’s latest best- and worst-case estimates for fully cleaning up the Hanford Site in Washington State were each several tens of billions of dollars lower than the previous estimate, though the calculation released this week does not fully… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
North Wind Portage Retains Moab Cleanup Biz, Beating Out Crowded Field
Incumbent North Wind Portage beat out six other small business rivals to win a potentially 10-year, $614-million Moab Remedial Action Contract for cleaning up uranium mill tailings in Utah, the Department of Energy announced Thursday. Idaho-based North Wind Portage… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
GAO Denies Oak Ridge Environmental Protest
The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by a group called Oak Ridge Environmental Partners that challenged the Department of Energy’s $8.3-billion Cleanup Contract issued in October to United Cleanup Oak Ridge, a team led by Amentum and Jacobs,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Decommissioning
Portsmouth Decomm Meetings Lure Bunch of Prospective Bidders
More than two-dozen firms sent multiple representatives to attend virtual meetings last week on the Department of Energy’s potentially $5.87-billion Decontamination and Decommissioning Contract at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, according to a list published this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Transuranic Waste
Revived 700-C Fan Started Ops at WIPP Last Month
The Department of Energy and the prime for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico last month brought online the 700-C underground ventilation fan not used regularly since the 2014 accident that forced the disposal site out of service for about three years. Reinhard… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Oral Arguments Coming in April for Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit will hear oral arguments April 8 on a nationwide order enjoining the Joe Biden administration from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for most workers employed by federal contractors. The hearing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Local GOP Senators Open to DOE-Savvy High Court Candidate
In recent public statements, the two South Carolina Republicans in the Senate sounded receptive to the idea of President Joe Biden nominating a federal judge from their state, U.S. District Court Judge Michelle Childs, to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the same… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
New Mexico Senator Luján Hospitalized With Stroke; Out a Month or More
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), who has taken an active interest in Department of Energy facilities in New Mexico, has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, but should make a full recovery, his office staff said in a Twitter posting on Tuesday. In an article… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Federal Judge Rejects Motion to Dismiss Case by Oak Ridge Lab Workers
Six employees at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory who refused COVID-19 vaccine are assured of their day in court after obtaining a right to sue from a federal agency, the judge in the case confirmed this week. The six plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Jan.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB Didn’t Get, or Need, COVID Funds to Keep Running in Fiscal 2021, Agency Says
Unlike many other federal agencies, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board did not receive any supplemental funding during fiscal 2021 to ensure emergency operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a financial report released Monday. While the Defense… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: ETEC Building Debris Hauled Away, Perma-Fix Seeks to Export Waste
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has hauled away the last of demolition debris from buildings torn down last year at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site in Southern California, according to a Tuesday release. Trucks carrying the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]