Vol. 34, No. 39 
Appeals court declines to combine Hanford contract dispute with another case
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Contracts & Procurement
Presentation details Jacobs government contracting biz, now on the sales block
Jacobs’ government contracting segment, which is up for sale, accounted for 42% of the entire company’s business in fiscal year 2022, according to a recent investor presentation. Another Department of Energy weapons complex contractor, Amentum, is reportedly in the running to acquire Jacobs’ contracting business. There are at least two other suitors in the running, […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Ex-DNFSB tech director lands DOE health safety post, board seeks to fill slots
Christopher Roscetti, the former technical director for the government’s independent nuclear safety watchdog, is now the Department of Energy’s deputy director for environmental health and safety, according to a DOE website. Roscetti, a career civil servant, assumed the No. 2 post for DOE’s Office of Environment, Health, Safety, and Security in July after serving more […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
No deal yet, but New Mexico, DOE discuss ‘conceptual agreement’ on new cleanup order
The Department of Energy and its New Mexico regulator could be close to reaching a deal to replace the 2016 Compliance Order on Consent that governs most cleanup at DOE’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, according to a federal court filing this week. The parties Tuesday sought and received an extension from a federal judge in […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Idaho National Lab clean energy industry day scheduled in October
The Department of Energy Cleanup to Clean Energy Program will hold its second industry day at a DOE nuclear site, this time at the Idaho National Laboratory on Oct. 25. While the notice shared by DOE does not yet list an exact meeting time, the day-long session is scheduled for the Idaho National Laboratory’s meeting […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE takes comment on Hanford 5-year plan, sets Oct. 24 meeting
The Department of Energy is taking public comment between now and Nov. 10 on environmental remediation plans for the Hanford Site in Washington state over five years, between fiscal 2024 and 2028, according to a Tuesday news release. A hybrid public meeting to gather more public feedback is slated for Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
North Wind’s ETEC environmental task order extended by DOE
The Department of Energy awarded North Wind Portage a nine-month, $1.9-million extension to continue various environmental chores at the DOE-controlled portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California, according to a recent procurement notice. Following the mid-September extension, the company’s current task order is now valued at $66.4-million. Without the extension, North Wind’s work […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Mediator appointed in Portsmouth wrongful death case
A federal district court in Ohio has assigned a Columbus attorney to act as mediator in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against current and former contractors at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site. John Camillus was assigned Oct. 2 to be mediator in the case, surrounding the death of a 13-year-old Piketon, Ohio boy, Braden […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
‘Richland’ nuclear documentary opens in Washington state
A documentary film about Richland, Wash., and the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, which debuted during June at the famous Tribeca Film Festival in New York, is about to get screen time in Washington state. Richland is “a town that produced weapons-grade plutonium for decades, and its citizens have pridefully embraced their identity,” according to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: N3B finishes DP Road work; North Wind taps regional boss; HII adds to board and more
The legacy cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico said recently it has completed the multi-million-dollar remediation of Middle DP Road in Los Alamos County. Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) said late last month that recent sampling confirmed “contamination removal and cleanup is complete,” according to […]