Vol. 34, No. 02 Hanford boss warns of potential delays ahead in starting to make glass
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Cleanup & Remediation
Startup of Integrated Waste Treatment Unit hits a snag
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management last month suspended heat up of a long-anticipated waste treatment facility at the Idaho National Laboratory after a small leak of “non-radioactive, non-hazardous solids,” was discovered, DOE said Tuesday. The suspension came Dec. 29, 10 days after beginning warmup to prepare for radiological operations at the Integrated […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Bouncing back from 2021 loss, Centerra lands new 10-year, $1B SRS security deal
Incumbent Centerra Group has been awarded a new Security Services contract, potentially worth $1 billion over 10 years, at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The award, announced in a Thursday press release, is not a surprise. The DOE has been saying for many months it plans “corrective action” to its […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
NMED, DOE tell judge they are close to revamping LANL cleanup rules
New Mexico and the Department of Energy are close to resolving the state’s lawsuit about cleanup rules for the Los Alamos National Laboratory and a federal judge Thursday granted the parties another 90 days to negotiate. Lawyers for the state and the Department of Justice told the U.S. District Court for New Mexico that the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Construction of new Oak Ridge landfill still a few years off
Amentum-led United Cleanup Oak Ridge plans this summer to hire a subcontractor to start site preparation for a new landfill to dispose of 2.2-million cubic yards of low-level waste at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, a federal spokesperson said Tuesday. “There are still several significant steps remaining,” before United Cleanup Oak […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
DNFSB finds workers reluctant to discuss safety incident at Hanford tank area
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board inspectors at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington spotted a questionable safety practice, and a reluctance to talk about it, at one of the tank farms last month, according to a recent report. “A resident inspector observed an event investigation meeting after workers in the SX tank farm […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Slew of companies keeping watch on DOE nuclear cleanup work for small biz
More than 20 companies expressed interest to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management in landing a slice of various nuclear remediation projects set aside for small business. Twenty-one signed up by Dec. 20 to be on an “interested vendors” list, for the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning and Removal procurement, according to a DOE Environmental […]
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Transuranic Waste
Carlsbad mayor hopes WIPP stays open a long time
The mayor of Carlsbad, N.M., Dale Janway, said in a Sunday newspaper column he wants the Department of Energy’s deep underground disposal site for transuranic waste to stay open for a long time and is wary of the New Mexico Environment Department gaining more clout over the future of the facility. “It is certainly our […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Feds highlight construction of Paducah emergency ops center
Work crews at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky are making progress in building a new 3,500-square-foot emergency operations center at the former gaseous diffusion plant complex, DOE said Tuesday. The new, more modern center to house emergency management staff and monitor environmental conditions will replace the one set up in 1990 within […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: New acting EM policy chief appointed; Veolia expands rail facility; update ordered on vax case; UCOR CEO joins Tenn. chamber board; ex-fed joins Parsons; Work continues on WCS drums
Effective Jan. 29, longtime federal manager Randy Hendrickson will succeed Jay Mullis as the acting head of regulatory affairs and policy at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management. Mullis, who has filled the position for many months, will return to his job as manager of the cleanup field office at the Oak Ridge […]