Vol. 34, No. 14 
Bechtel turns to reactor builder Atwell as interim manager of WTP
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP awaits NRC blessing to send problem waste container back to Savannah River
The Department of Energy and a contractor await permission from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to return a problem transuranic waste container, now in a parking lot at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, back to the Savannah River Site in South… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Vitrification & Grout
IWTU starts running with simulated waste as prelude to rad ops
The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory has resumed running simulant as the contractor awaits final federal approval to start mixing in liquid sodium-bearing radioactive waste, a DOE spokesperson said Wednesday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Hanford medical provider sold, HPM confirms
HPM Corp., the Kennewick, Wash.,-based company with a $152-million Department of Energy contract to provide employee medical services at the Hanford Site in Washington state is being sold to California-based WorkCare, the parties confirmed Wednesday. The Tri-City… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Environmental Management’s acting regulatory boss leaves for industry
Randall Hendrickson, acting head of regulatory and policy affairs for the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office, is leaving the government to take a job in private industry, the agency said this week. Hendrickson’s departure was announced in an email… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE formally extends Swift & Staley into mid-2024
The Department of Energy is extending Swift & Staley as site services contractor at the Paducah Site in Kentucky through July 2024, the agency said in a procurement notice this week. The move is meant to buy the DOE Office of Environmental Management time to… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Transuranic Waste
Salado boss optimistic about WIPP hitting 400 shipments this year
The head of the new prime at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico aims to meet the Department of Energy and dispose of 400 shipments of transuranic waste at the site in 2023. Ken Harrawood, president and project manager for Bechtel’s Salado Isolation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE to weigh in on New Mexico’s request for quicker WIPP closure , says EM boss White
The federal government will respond in fewer than two weeks to New Mexico’s request for major changes to the Department of Energy’s long-term transuranic waste disposal program in the state, a senior agency official said at a forum this week. The New Mexico Environment Department is considering a new 10-year hazardous waste permit for the […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AECL seeks pre-qualified bidders to compete for new Canadian Nuclear Labs biz
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is proceeding with previously-announced plans to seek bidders seeking to run Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the federal Crown corporation said March 31. Canadian National Energy Alliance, an SNC-Lavalin-led team with Jacobs and Fluor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Timeline for Sellafield silo slips due to equipment woes, U.K. agency says
With the exception of a couple of projects at Europe’s largest and most complex nuclear site, the United Kingdom’s short-term cleanup goals for radioactive waste cleanup remain largely on target, the country’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said in its… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Decommissioning
Wrap Up: Corps talks procurement; ECA grant renewed; UK authority makes moves; DOE neighbor cyber attacked;
The Kansas City District Environmental Programs Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host its annual spring industry call at 10 a.m. Central Time on April 27, according to a notice on a federal procurement website. The call will update the status of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]