Vol. 34, No. 41 
Hanford tank contract rivals file revised bids with DOE; AtkinsRéalis seeks appeals court delay
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Budget & Policy
Speaker in place, House passes key nuclear funding bill with $8.3B for EM
On Thursday, after a two-week squabble about who to elect as speaker, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fund defense and civilian nuclear nuclear programs for the rest of fiscal year 2024, including $8.3-billion for the Department of Energy’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate panel endorses Lee for DNFSB after board loses quorum
The Senate Armed Services Committee in a voice vote Thursday advanced the White House’s nomination of Patricia Lee to be a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, a panel designed for five people that’s currently down to two. The nomination… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Enviro group seeking EPA documents behind Oak Ridge landfill approval
An advocacy group has gone to federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to hand over documents that led to approval of a new low-level radioactive waste landfill at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. Public… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Huff hopes first Idaho clean energy project is chosen within a year
The head of the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy hopes the agency can select its first clean power project at the Idaho National Laboratory within a year. “A year from today” is the target, Kathryn Huff, DOE’s assistant secretary for nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Component replacement during IWTU outage will stretch over several weeks
A first-of-its kind facility to convert sodium-bearing waste at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory into a solid form, is likely to stay offline for maintenance at least a few more weeks, an advisory board heard Wednesday. The Integrated Waste… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Transuranic Waste
Idaho shipments to WIPP could decline in 2024 as budget limbo plays factor
Shipments of transuranic waste to the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico from Idaho National Laboratory could decline in 2024, according to a recent federal safety board update. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP utility shaft hits paydirt, nearly 2,300 feet deep
The long-planned new air-intake shaft at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has been excavated to its final depth of 2,275 feet, the agency said Tuesday. Completion of the 26-feet-wide shaft is a 2023 priority for DOE’s Office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Decontamination showers dispute won’t stymie Hanford disposal permit
The Department of Energy’s contention that the state of Washington lacks authority to order installation of decontamination showers at a waste disposal site won’t block a larger permit modification for the facility, state and federal agencies agreed last week. “Due… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
After final RFP, DOE to interview key personnel of West Valley bidders in person
In a return to pre-pandemic practice, the Department of Energy said last week it will vet management teams in person for the next $3 billion cleanup contract at the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York. In a special notice, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said it would hold its oral interviews and problem […]
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Decommissioning
Aptim-Amentum team wins $96M contract to take down old reactor in Alaska
The APTIM-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning joint venture has won a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract worth $95.5 million over six years to take down an old reactor at Fort Greely, Alaska, Amentum said last week. The Army Corps Baltimore District awarded the contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former DOE cleanup lead tapped as interim engineering dean at Florida International University
Inés Triay, a former Department of Energy assistant secretary for environmental management, was appointed interim dean of Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing and the executive director of the university’s Applied Research… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Higher SWPF output sought in 2024; Paducah adds more EV chargers; Piketon mayor slot contested
The prime environmental contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina expects the Salt Waste Processing Facility to treat roughly six million gallons of waste during fiscal 2024, after doing more than 4 million in fiscal 2023. That… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]