Vol. 34, No. 08 
Energy Communities urges DOE to use revamped high-level waste policy to speed disposal
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Contracts & Procurement
Net earnings dip at BWXT amid hiring headaches
Earnings fell at BWX Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the fourth quarter and 2022 as a whole, which the nuclear services company in a Thursday press release and conference call attributed partly to a tight labor market. The company also rattled off a list of big Department of Energy contracts it is pursuing. Net earnings for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Final Hanford medical RFP hits the street; new deal would cover vit plant workers
The Department of Energy on Thursday solicited bids for an Occupational Medical Services provider for the 10,000-plus federal and contract workers at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Questions on the final request for proposals should be sent to the DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center by 11:59 p.m. on March 2. Bid packages are […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor earnings rise during quarter, year, although Mission Solutions down
Earnings improved at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the fourth quarter, which the engineering and construction contractor for the Department of Energy attributed Tuesday to improved efficiency and certain financial adjustments. Net earnings for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 were $9 million, or a loss of $0.01 a share, up from a net loss of […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Ex-Bechtel exec Rugg appointed president of Atkins Nuclear
SNC-Lavalin Group said Tuesday it has selected longtime Bechtel nuclear executive Jim Rugg to replace Tom Jouvanis as president of its Atkins Nuclear Secured Holding affiliate. Rugg, who spent more than 28 years at Bechtel, most recently as operations manager for defense and space, will officially become Atkins president on Feb. 27, according to the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECL plans March site tour for prospective bidders for Canadian lab contract
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited expects to kick off a competitive bidding process this spring and host interested suitors next month for a new long-term management contract for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Since September 2015, the Canadian labs have been run by Canadian National Energy Alliance, a team made up of SNC-Lavalin, Jacobs and Fluor, said […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Profits fall at Centrus but uranium biz and DOE contracting stayed strong in 2022
Uranium broker and enrichment-technology developer Centrus Energy Corp., Bethesda, Md., took a hit on the bottom line for 2022, though its core operations reported good health and revenue was nearly level year-over-year. Centrus’ net income fell 70% to about $52 million for 2022, according to the company’s Wednesday 10-K filing with the Securities & Exchange […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP still studying fire safety hazards of lithium-battery electric vehicles, DNFSB says
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., continues to study fire safety and other potential hazards that might arise from use of electric vehicles powered by big lithium-ion batteries, a federal safety panel said this month. “These hazards include fire, smoke, and combustion products, including hydrogen fluoride associated with the large […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Small blazes not unusual at weapons complex sites, DOE review finds
Over a year’s time, it is common for Department of Energy weapons complex sites to experience multiple fires that are recorded with the agency’s Occurrence Reporting and Processing System, according to a report from the agency’s Office of Enterprise Assessments. “The number of reportable fires per year [over a seven-year-period] ranged from 4 to 10, […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap Up: No injuries from Y-12 fire; $50M tech support biz awarded; Pro2Serve appoints new board member; Paducah crews make deactivation headway
Hundreds of employees evacuated the National Nuclear Security Administration’s main factory for nuclear-weapon secondary stages in Tennessee this week after a fire there, a spokesperson said. “There was a fire at approximately 9:15 involving uranium in Building 9212, a production facility onsite,” a spokesperson for the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., wrote […]