Vol. 34, No. 40 
Hanford’s pre-treated waste might not meet vit plant criteria
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Contracts & Procurement
Small, woman-owned Virginia biz claims $208M Hanford occupational health contract
The Department of Energy has chosen a Virginia-based small business for a new occupational healthcare contract, worth up to $208 million over seven years, at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Hampton, Va.-based Inomedic Health Applications, a disadvantaged and woman-owned business, will provide round-the-clock healthcare service at the Hanford cleanup site. Inomedic Health, chosen from […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
DOE kicks off clean energy market research at Idaho, Savannah River
The Department of Energy Tuesday issued requests for information from potential developers of carbon-free power projects at the Idaho National Laboratory and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. At Savannah River, four tracts of 2,000 acres or more on relatively flat land are available for potential clean energy projects, according to DOE’s Oct. 17 […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP continues brisk shipment pace in September
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., had another busy month by post-2014 standards, receiving 48 shipments, with the vast majority coming from Idaho National Laboratory. According to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)’s public website, the underground salt mine received 43 shipments of defense-related transuranic waste from the Idaho lab, […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Holtec exec upbeat on nuclear operations; USEA panelists discuss small modular reactors
The vice president of Holtec’s small modular reactor business is excited about the prospect of developing such units at the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan. “The details remain [to be worked out] as far as the exact timing and the financial conditions,” Tom Marcille, vice president and chief nuclear officer at Holtec International SMR,” said […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
GAO wants Army Corps to get a handle on rising FUSRAP liability
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could counter a dramatic spike in its environmental liability by using new management practices at the 19 nuclear-weapon sites it is cleaning up, Congress’ investigative arm said this week. The secretary of the Army should also ensure the Corps develops a lifecycle cost estimate for the Formerly Utilized Sites […]
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National Laboratories
9th Circuit panel considers if Sandia scientist’s retirement was voluntary
Federal appeals judges on Wednesday heard arguments about whether the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories prime contractor forced out a 25-year scientist and manager by giving him only a day to decide whether to resign or undergo a performance improvement program. Plaintiff Robert Hwang, a Ph. D. formerly at the lab, “was fearful he […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Fluor unit lands UK contract, indictment alleges nuclear parts kickbacks, study out on culling wild pigs around SRS
Fluor subsidiary Stork UK has landed a three-year contract to provide inspection and quality assurance services to Sellafield Limited’s nuclear site in the United Kingdom, Fluor said in a Thursday press release. The new contract is scheduled to start in November and has two single-year follow-on option periods, Fluor said in the release. The announcement […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
No new recliner: 30 minutes with Jessie Hill Roberson, DNFSB, retired
Jessie Hill Roberson, a nuclear fixture for more than 40 years, called it a career Wednesday when she retired as a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Now, she plans to take three months or so to decompress from about 14 years with the board, spread over various terms dating back to 1999. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Correction
The story “DOE takes comment on Hanford 5-year plan” [Weapons Complex Monitor, Vol. 34, No. 39] should have said the document covers the Hanford Site over five years, between fiscal 2024 and 2028.