Vol. 33, No. 38 
Savannah River Site to be transferred to NNSA control by 2025, DOE confirms
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Materials costs, hiring, small reactors loom large at industry gathering near Oak Ridge
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — The Department of Energy looks forward to a future with miniature power reactors springing up around cleanup sites, but first it must deal with headaches such as brain drain and rising commodities costs: a few of the recurring themes from a two-day conference here this week. Re-industrialization of Cold War and Manhattan […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DOE asks Idaho for extra six months to start Idaho Integrated Waste Unit ops
The Department of Energy is asking state regulators for another six months to start operating a plant to treat high-level radioactive sodium-bearing waste at the Idaho National Laboratory. In a Sept. 29 letter, DOE asked the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to extend the formal state milestone to March 31, 2023 to process sodium-bearing waste […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Former Wastren chief tapped as new CEO of Veolia in United States
Department of Energy contractor Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services has promoted chief operating officer Steve Moore to be its president and CEO. The U.S. based subsidiary of Veolia Nuclear Solutions announced the promotion in a Tuesday press release. Moore has been interim CEO since August following the resignation of William Morrison, who left Veolia to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
ROD signed for long-sought new onsite Oak Ridge landfill
KNOXVILLE, TENN. – The Department of Energy’s acting manager for nuclear cleanup at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee said here Wednesday that final state and federal authorization are in hand for design and construction of a long-sought onsite low-level hazardous waste landfill. “We had a major milestone on Friday,” when the state of Tennessee […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Cavendish Nuclear opens new U.S. shop; seeks more biz
Cavendish Nuclear, an international nuclear player in countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom, opened a United States office headquarters Sept. 22 in Arlington, Va., a spokesperson confirmed by email Wednesday. The nuclear industries in the United Kingdom and United States “share many similarities in their plant designs, operational histories and in the search […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
UCOR takes home 85% of its potential fee; discusses new Oak Ridge contract
An Amentum-Jacobs team won about $27.5 million or 85% out of a potential $32 million from the Department of Energy for its remediation of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee during the final seven months on the job. The DOE released the URS CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) award Oct. 3 for the period spanning Nov. […]
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National Laboratories
Demand boom predicted for glove boxes in coming years
KNOXVILLE, TENN. —The Department of Energy’s planned expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in New Mexico and South Carolina and other missions figure to drive a big jump in demand for glove box facilities in the near future, two speakers told the Energy Technology & Environmental Business Association conference here Thursday. Between 2022 and […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: Ex-cleanup boss distillery opens; Dounreay seals containers; contractor dedicates office; Navarro hires biz developer
An upscale distillery run by Anne Marie White, the last Senate-confirmed assistant secretary for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, is now open in a renovated theatre in White’s hometown of Marquette, Mich. The Honorable Distillery is now open and has scheduled an official grand opening celebration for this Saturday Oct. 8. White, […]