Vol. 33, No. 49 
Omnibus spending bill would raise DOE nuclear-cleanup budget to more than $8B
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Cleanup & Remediation
Washington governor lauds Hanford funding increase but wants more
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) took to Twitter Tuesday to praise an increase in cleanup funding for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in the fiscal 2023 omnibus bill, and remind President Joe Biden’s White House more is expected in the future. “The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
NMED wants firm closure date for WIPP; public comment open on mine’s new draft permit
The New Mexico Environment Department on Tuesday kicked off a 60-day comment period on a 10-year permit renewal for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, with the state fighting the federal government’s attempt to keep the mine’s closure… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River waste contractor off to good start; other site scorecards released
Savannah River Mission Completion, the BWX Technologies-led liquid waste contractor, received high marks for its opening months on the job at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Also this week, DOE issued fee scorecards for three… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Trio of Hanford contractors get scorecards; WRPS earns 82% of subjective fee
Amentum-led Washington River Protection Solutions claimed 82% of its subjective fee and 87% of its total potential fee for its tank management work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state for the 2022 fiscal year, the agency reported Tuesday. Also… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Four Rivers makes headway on legacy Freon removal at Paducah
The Department of Energy last week issued a task order for Jacobs-led Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership to continue with shipment and destruction of legacy R-114 refrigerant, better known under the brand name Freon, from the Paducah Site in Kentucky. Four Rivers,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
Nuclear Waste Partnership earns two-thirds of WIPP subjective fee
The outgoing prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., earned 66% of its subjective fee and about 72% of its total potential fee for its work during fiscal 2022, according to a fee scorecard released Tuesday. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB quorum could become issue in 2023
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board could be left without a quorum within 10 months if President Joe Biden fails to nominate and win Senate approval of at least one individual before the term ends for a long-serving member. It increasingly appears 2022… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Stranded drone not considered big deal for Idaho calcine removal project, feds say
Although a drone used to probe the innards of a highly-radioactive calcine storage facility at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory got stuck inside last month, it poses no threat to successful removal of the calcine, federal officials said recently. “On… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Vitrification & Grout
Veolia starts ops of GeoMelt facility in West Texas
A Veolia affiliate has started operating its new GeoMelt vitrification facility in Andrews County, Texas that will be used to convert certain low-level radioactive wastes into a solid glass form, according to a Tuesday press release. In June, Veolia Nuclear Solutions… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
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