Vol. 34, No. 34 
DOE could seek new proposals for $45B Hanford tank contract, Justice Department says
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Budget & Policy
Nuclear cleanup operations await stopgap funding deal in Congress
With less than a month left until fiscal year 2024 begins, the White House has asked Congress for a short-term continuing resolution to freeze federal budgets at 2023 levels. Media reported last week that leaders in the House and Senate have remained open to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Budget & Policy
Former EnergySec Richardson dies at 75
Bill Richardson, a secretary of energy during the Bill Clinton administration who at various points of his career was a Democratic congressman and New Mexico governor, and became something of a specialist in international hostage negotiation, died Sept. 1 at age… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
Portsmouth makes first shipment of depleted uranium oxide to WCS
The Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio last week made its first rail shipment of depleted uranium oxide containers to the Waste Control Specialists disposal site in West Texas, DOE announced Tuesday. The shipment of 120 storage cylinders from the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Hanford 5-year plan out soon; state, DOE still quiet about deal on new Hanford deadlines
Months after a deal was announced, the Department of Energy and the Washington state Department of Ecology are still not ready to share details from recently-completed closed-door talks on future cleanup of the Hanford Site, though the feds are preparing to publish… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Small fire flares up, fizzles at Hanford, DNFSB says
A small fire ignited but did not last long last month at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to a report from the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The small blaze occurred at an area associated with heating up melter… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Labor Department plans occupational illness session for Denver weapons workers
Current and former nuclear weapons workers in the Greater Denver area are invited by the Department of Labor to show up at a Sept. 12 information session on federal occupational illness benefits. Labor Department representatives will be on hand at the Arvada, Colo.,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Wrap Up: Fluor pays $14.5M in settlement; Boston hires COO; Leidos taps gov affairs boss; more
Fluor Corp. will pay a civil penalty of $14.5 million as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said Wednesday. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigated Fluor’s accounting errors on two lump… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]