Vol. 33, No. 19 
Cleanup office budget sticks to 2023 startup for Vit Plant; no hard cost yet for WIPP ventilation
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Contracts & Procurement
Judge puts brakes on own order, Swift & Staley remains Paducah landlord on appeal
Citing high stakes for Swift & Staley, a Court of Federal Claims judge this week stayed his own order finding the company ineligible for a follow-on landlord services at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky. In the five-page order made public… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Two-thirds of remaining EM sites will be clean within 25 years, DOE say
On paper at least, the Department of Energy expects 10 of the 15 remaining Cold War and Manhattan Project cleanups overseen by its $7.6-billion Office of Environmental Management to be cleaned up within 25 years. That is according to the annual chart of the Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE requests $10M for calcine waste preparations at Idaho National Lab
The Department of Energy’s fiscal 2023 budget request for nuclear cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory includes $10 million toward early planning for treatment and disposal of 1.2 million gallons of high-level radioactive calcine waste. Under the 1995 Idaho… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Budget doc shows plans coming together for new Hanford fire station
The fiscal 2023 Department of Energy budget request for the Hanford Site in Washington state advances plans for a new $23-million fire station within Area 400, according to justification details posted online last week. The Joe Biden administration proposes $3.1-million… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Low-level landfill at Oak Ridge inches closer to approval
The state of Tennessee kicked off a comment period this week about a long-debated low-level radioactive waste landfill at the Oak Ridge Site, which would replace one expected to reach capacity this decade, a citizens’ advisory board heard Wednesday. The comment… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
EM request would pump $40M into poor communities alongside cleanup sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management plans to invest $40 million of grant money into poor communities and tribal governments near federal nuclear cleanup sites. William (Ike) White, the senior adviser and top federal boss at the Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP handles 19 shipments during April
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico received 19 shipments of transuranic waste during April, according to the latest data. Eleven of the shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) were hauled from Idaho National Laboratory,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Earnings dip, but revenue up at Leidos during Q1
Earnings dipped at Leidos Holdings, Reston, Va., in the first quarter, which federal contractor attributed to in part to a $26 million benefit received a year earlier by one of its Department of Energy joint ventures. Net earnings for the quarter were $177 million,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT Q1 earnings decline as revenue rises
Earnings fell at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the first quarter, which the company attributed Monday to pension issues and lower productivity in the naval reactors business. Net earnings for the first quarter were $59 million or $0.64 per share, down from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Lawyer-less plaintiff drops suit against Savannah River prime
A plaintiff who filed suit against Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions in February, claiming the Department of Energy contractor forced him into premature retirement from the site’s fire department, threw in the towel last week, saying in a U.S. District… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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National Laboratories
DNFSB appoints trio of new resident inspectors
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board this week added three new resident inspectors to monitor safety at Department of Energy sites in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Los Alamos, N.M. Clinton Jones is a new resident inspector for DOE’s Y-12 National Security Complex… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Mercury bid deadline extended again; fire update, longtime fed retires
The Department of Energy said in a Tuesday notice it is extending the bid deadline for the Elemental Mercury Long-term Management and Storage contract to June 1, from the prior submission date of May 20. In an amendment to the final request for proposals (RFP),… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]