Vol. 34, No. 12 
Granholm upbeat about Hanford vit plant; warns against holding spending to fiscal 2022 levels
-
High-Level & Tank Waste
2,000-gallons of Hanford tank waste can be disposed of as low-level waste, DOE says
The Department of Energy considers 2,000 gallons of tank waste earmarked for the test-bed initiative at the Hanford Site in Washington state to be low-level radioactive waste and not high-level waste, the agency wrote in a Federal Register notice published this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
With correct plugs installed, DOE eyes start of ops with 10% radwaste
The Department of Energy said this week crews have fixed the cause of the recent leak at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the Idaho National Laboratory and should start running the facility soon with a mixture of 90% simulant and 10% radioactive sodium-bearing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
-
Transuranic Waste
Hanford rattled by New Mexico statements on out-of-state waste
New Mexico’s public misgivings about nuclear waste is worrisome in Washington state where the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site is expected to become a big shipper to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in a few years and finish around 2050, a Hanford community… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
-
Vitrification & Grout
Bechtel takes home 83% of fee for 2022 vit plant work
Bechtel National earned more than $6.5 million, or 83% of its total potential fee, for Department of Energy work in 2022 on the long-anticipated Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Overall, the company earned $6.53… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
-
Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Ex-Zahn’s Corner student with cancer sues Portsmouth contractors in federal court
A group of current and former Department of Energy contractors at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio are again targets of a federal lawsuit, this one filed by a plaintiff suffering from cancer who attended a now-shuttered middle school near the former gaseous diffusion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
‘Department of Everything’ cleanup chairs cover issues from budget-to-Miss America
The Department of Energy has a nickname: “the Department of Everything,” the acting DOE nuclear cleanup boss told weapons complex citizen advisory board chairs this week. The DOE Office of Environmental Management senior adviser William (Ike) White retold… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
-
Contracts & Procurement
DOE to hear from prospective bidders during first reverse industry day in May
The procurement center for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental holds its first so-called “Reverse Industry Day,” online in May, a move sought by the Government Accountability Office. The virtual Reverse Industry Day is scheduled for 1 p.m.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
-
National Laboratories
Livermore excess facilities could receive $20 million in fiscal 2024
The Department of Energy could spend $20 million on tearing down contaminated old facilities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California during fiscal 2024, or about $15 million less than what Congress approved for that purpose in fiscal 2023, according… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
Final Hanford cleanup could occur by 2091, budget doc says
The 1,200 or so employees at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management will almost-certainly be retired by the time the Hanford Site in Washington state is fully cleaned up, based upon the budget request issued last week by the White House. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
-
Budget & Policy
DNFSB continues to work on hiring, agency says in budget request
The federal watchdog for Department of Energy nuclear defense sites continues to pursue “an aggressive staffing plan” initiated over the past two years to make up for workforce brain-drain, according to an agency budget justification document issued last week. For… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
-
Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Hanford medical bids now due April 24; Site prep starts at SRS; Idaho lab completes wet-to-dry storage; Police dogs converge on SRS
The Department of Energy is giving interested bidders two extra weeks to submit proposals for the new Occupational Medical Contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, according to a procurement notice published this week. Response to the partial request for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]