Vol. 34, No. 26 
New Mexico, DOE strike deal on new WIPP permit
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Cleanup & Remediation
Acting boss Ike White hits work anniversary at EM
Effective this month, William (Ike) White has been the acting chief of the Department of Energy’s multibillion-dollar nuclear cleanup branch for four years, placing him among the longest-serving leaders of the office. In mid-June 2019, White became a senior adviser… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Vitrification & Grout
DOE resumes long-delayed heatup of melter at Hanford vit plant
The Department of Energy resumed heating the first melter at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state, a process on hold since fall, the agency said this week. Resumption of the heatup was signaled last month by the acting… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Longtime fed returns to DOE cleanup office from NRC to work on ‘clean energy’
After seven months working for a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, longtime federal hand Candice Robertson is returning to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management as a senior adviser. Robertson’s first day back with the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth union rep warns of staffing crunch; says no labor deal yet ahead of DOE award
United Steelworkers Local 1-689 President Herman Potter fears the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio could have a tough time filling vacancies in the near future due to a combination of factors. With the existing workforce at or approaching retirement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Deadline extended on DOE expression of interest for cleaning Portsmouth nickel
The Department of Energy has extended the deadline until Oct. 9 for companies interested in recycling about 6,400 tons of radiologically surface-contaminated nickel from the gaseous diffusion plant at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The DOE Office of Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Yuletide RFP possible for next phase of West Valley cleanup
The Department of Energy’s solicitation for completion of deactivation and demolition work at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state should hit the streets by the end of December, the agency said Tuesday. But the West Valley Demonstration Project… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
FUSRAP funding drops to $200M in fiscal 2024 under bill passed by House Appropriations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would receive $200 million for its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program in fiscal 2024, or half the fiscal 2023 total for the effort, under the energy and water development bill approved last week by the House Appropriations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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International
Longtime fed Hendrickson, now working as Canadian nuke lab exec
Randall Hendrickson, a former senior executive with the U.S. federal government, is now a vice president for Atkins Nuclear Secured in Canada, an Atkins spokesperson confirmed by email. Hendrickson joined Atkins in late April and is at the Chalk River location… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
IWTU has converted 21,000 gallons of waste so far, DOE says
Despite occasional glitches, a $1.4-billion plant to solidify liquid sodium-bearing radioactive waste at the Idaho National Laboratory has processed 21,000 gallons during its first two-and-a-half months of regular operations, the Department of Energy said June… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Budget & Policy
Hawley seeks oversight hearing on Granholm financial holdings
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wants an oversight hearing on “misleading” statements Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm made to the panel in April about her stock ownership. “During the hearing,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
Wrap Up: Hot, hazy weather week at some sites; ‘Soft skills’ training set for WIPP bosses; EnergySolutions gets new CFO
Summer is here and it has been a hot and in some cases smoky weather week for some facilities connected with the Department of Energy’s weapons complex. Workers at a commercially-owned waste disposal facility in West Texas and DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
The story “With Los Alamos contract extension, N3B management team overhauled, Lebak returns to HII” [Weapons Complex Monitor, Vol. 34, No. 25] should have said Jerry O’Leary’s new role as senior technical adviser planning Technical Area-21 cleanup includes… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]