Vol. 34, No. 06 
Bechtel’s Salado formally takes control of WIPP
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Cleanup & Remediation
Longtime government hands leading NNSA takeover of Savannah River
Two long standing government bosses, Jeffrey Allison and Randall Hendrickson, lead a joint team working out details of transferring responsibility for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina to the agency’s nuclear weapons branch from the nuclear cleanup office, feds said last week in Aiken, S.C. The group led by Allison, deputy […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
N3B Los Alamos planning to cut radioactive metal pipes down to size
The Department of Energy’s legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico should finish its “readiness assessment” by the end of March for slicing up corrugated metal pipes, a spokesperson said Thursday. After that, a required federal readiness assessment will start, the spokesperson said in an email to Exchange Monitor. “Corrugated […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Swift & Staley era as Paducah landlord could last into 2024
Although a federal appeals court ruled Swift & Staley should not have been issued a new five-year Department of Energy contract to continue as landlord of the Paducah Site in Kentucky for five more years, it appears the contractor will stay in place there at least through July 2024. The DOE in a notice of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Idaho cleanup contract helped boost Jacobs quarterly revenue for government work
A long-term cleanup contract at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory helped lift revenue for Jacobs in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, an executive with the Dallas-based company said this week in an earnings call. Critical Mission Solutions, the segment where Jacobs coordinates much of its government contracting work, took in roughly $1.08 […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Perma-Fix eager to play wider role at Hanford cleanup following DOE decision
Atlanta-based Perma-Fix Environmental Services anticipates playing a larger role in tank waste cleanup at the Hanford Site in Washington state, thanks to a decision last week by the Department of Energy. DOE’s amendment of a 2013 environmental decision clears the way for the agency to treat and dispose of certain secondary wastes from the agency’s […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Minor tweaks continue as IWTU prepared for operational startup
The Department of Energy and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory are making “minor instrument repairs” this week at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, which is still “heating up to begin simulant treatment followed by radiological operations,” a DOE spokesperson said Monday. The spokesperson did not offer a projected date for startup of […]
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Contracts & Procurement
NucFil, Parajito Scientific Corp., to merge
Alpha Safety Group on Friday said it entered into an agreement to acquire Pajarito Scientific Corp., Santa Fe, N.M., and merge the nuclear-waste-analysis company with its Golden, Co.-based NucFil LLC subsidiary. Alpha Safety shared the announcement with the Exchange Monitor in a statement. In the statement, the company did not disclose the financial terms of […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Hanford employee medical RFP should be posted before April
The Department of Energy now expects the full Occupational Medical Contract solicitation for the Hanford Site in Washington state to hit the streets by late next month, according to a procurement notice last week. In a notice dated Feb. 2, the DOE Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center in Cincinnati said to expect the request for […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
DOE wants to see more rigor in DUF6 safety culture
The Atkins-led contractor overseeing depleting uranium conversion at gaseous diffusion plants in Kentucky and Ohio needs a more focused and formal approach to “safety culture,” the Department of Energy’s auditing branch said in a recent assessment. The DOE Office of Enterprise Assessments report was released this month for Mid-America Conversion Services, the joint venture of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
K-25 platform bids now due Feb. 15
Feb. 15 is the new deadline for interested small businesses to bid on a construction contract for a viewing platform at the K-25 area of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a Tuesday procurement notice. The previous due date for bid packages was Jan. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: N3B VP goes back to Huntington; DOE EM boss gets sick from CO; UK waste board makes appointment
Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) vice president Joe Legare has left his post with the legacy cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to return to corporate parent Huntington Ingalls Industries. N3B’s president and general manager, Kim Lebak, mentioned the change Thursday night during a public […]