Vol. 33, No. 06 
IWTU Trial Run Could Resume in a Week or Two
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Contracts & Procurement
States, Contractor Group File Briefs Against Vax Mandate
Seven states and a national trade association filed legal briefs this week urging the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to leave in place a Georgia federal judge’s national order blocking the Joe Biden administration from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford Lifecycle Cleanup Still Relies on Yucca-type Disposal Site
Something akin to the canceled Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste repository in Nevada is still central to disposal of thousands of canisters from the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to the lifecycle cost report published… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Parsons, DOE Prepare to Restart SWPF at Savannah River
The Department of Energy and the contractor that built the Salt Waste Processing Facility are preparing to restart the plant deemed central to emptying radioactive waste tanks at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, a spokesperson said Friday. “The efforts… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Oak Ridge Cleanup Winner Scored the Best on DOE Evaluation, GAO Finds
Expanding on its decision last week to deny a protest of the Department of Energy’s most recent cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Site, the Government Accountability Office said this week that the agency properly vetted a Veolia-led team’s proposal and took… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Hires Firm for Courting Black Engineers
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is issuing a no-bid contract to the minority-owned firm, Career Communications Group, to give the nuclear cleanup branch a presence at a black engineering conference later this month and help the office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
House Passes Mini-Continuing Resolution to Keep Agencies Open Until March 11
The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday approved a three-week stopgap funding plan to keep the federal government open through March 11 after the current continuing resolution expires on Feb. 18. The full House voted Tuesday evening 272-to-162 to approve the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Akima, Swift & Staley Get Day in Court Over Paducah Contract
With oral arguments yesterday, a long-running legal fight over the $160-million Paducah Infrastructure Support Services set-aside contract awarded in December 2020 could be entering the home stretch. A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge heard oral arguments Thursday … SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Updated Hanford COVID Vax Complaint Has Same Defects, Feds Argue
While more than 300 plaintiffs are now listed, an amended complaint last month by guards and other anti-vaccine workers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington has the same central weakness as the original one rejected by a federal judge, government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Closing Book on Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant Cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is done with its remediation of the Plutonium Finishing Plant, according to a recently-posted staff report from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The DOE Office of Environmental Management… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up: DOE Deputy Briefed on DNFSB; Advisory Panel Gets New Members
Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk met privately with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Jan. 27, a board spokesperson confirmed Monday. Members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) leadership of DOE and its $7.5-billion Office of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]