Vol. 34, No. 32 
BWXT team appeals court order blocking start of contested Hanford liquid-waste contract
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford practices early steps of waste solidification at treatment plant
Workers at the Hanford Site in Washington state last week practiced three early steps of solidifying liquid radioactive waste inside glass, a site contractor said Tuesday in a press release. Personnel poured glass beads called frit into a heated melter at the Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Granholm met with congresswoman, faced the press, over Manhattan Project contamination during trip to Missouri
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm this week traveled to Missouri where she visited with the congresswoman whose district includes Jana Elementary School, which was closed and vacated due to radioactive contaminants from the Manhattan Project discovered in Coldwater… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs reports lower earnings, higher revenue in its third fiscal quarter
Earnings fell at Jacobs, Dallas, in the third quarter of its fiscal 2023 year as the international engineer company continued to move toward a sale of its government contracting business. Net earnings for the quarter ended June 30 were $164 million, or $1.29 a… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Perma-Fix profitable in second quarter; was part of losing Hanford bidder; expects news on $45-billion tank waste contract by September
Perma-Fix, Atlanta, turned a profit in the second quarter of the year as revenues rose and the company regained what its CEO called pre-pandemic momentum. On a call with investors last week, CEO Mark Duff also said that Perma-Fix is on a team fighting to force… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Earnings and revenue rise at Parsons in second quarter
Revenue and earnings rose in the second quarter at Parsons Corp., Centreville, Va., buoyed year-over-year by the start of some federal contract work and the 2022 acquisition of cyber firm Xator. Net earnings for the second quarter ended were roughly $43 million,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Decommissioning
Capping years of talks with Kentucky, DOE cuts Four Rivers a task order for Paducah facilities demolition
The Department of Energy on Friday released a little more than $3.5 million in funding for Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership to demolish facilities at the shuttered Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky. The task order calls for demolition of the C-727 and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE seeks external assessment of its work under Biden administration’s Justice40 climate, energy initiative
The Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity seeks an external consultant to assess how the Joe Biden administration’s Justice40 program has affected economically underserved communities, according to recently published procurement documents. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Department of Labor to host illness-compensation seminar for current, former nuclear weapons workers
The Department of Labor will host an informational session next week in Ohio for current and former nuclear weapons workers who may qualify for federal financial compensation for on-the-job illnesses, the agency said Tuesday. Labor will host the seven-hour session… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Widespread power outages in areas near East Cost nuclear sites, but many restored after storms
Severe thunderstorms along the East Coast knocked out power and damaged property near Department of Energy nuclear sites from South Carolina to Washington, but much service was restored by Friday. Federal employees in the Washington region got an early dismissal… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: Veolia at Portsmouth; Perma-Fix at Niagra Falls; Fusion research awardee at Savannah River
Veolia Nuclear Solutions Federal Services this week identified itself as an integrated subcontractor on the new Amentum-led cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site near Piketon, Ohio. The prime, Southern Ohio Cleanup Company also includes… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
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