Vol. 34, No. 42 
Portsmouth-Paducah bidders asked to keep proposals open through mid-November
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Cleanup & Remediation
Trio of Environmental Management bosses ditch ‘acting’ titles
Three long-serving feds at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management have been formally appointed to key management roles on a permanent basis, the No. 2 official at the nuclear cleanup branch said recently. Greg Sosson will become associate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Hanford draft clean energy RFP could be out soon
A draft solicitation for a carbon-free power project at the Hanford Site in Washington state could be released within a month, a senior adviser with the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office said during an online presentation Tuesday. Hanford was the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Group contesting $45B Hanford tank waste contract files GAO protest, gets court extension
Having been skipped the first time around, the Government Accountability Office was asked to consider a challenge by an Atkins-led team over a $45-billion Department of Energy contract for liquid waste management. The bid protest, dated Friday, arrived after DOE… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Short-handed DNFSB hires Export-Import manager to lead operations
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, currently lacking a quorum, said Wednesday it has filled one of three big staff vacancies by hiring a U.S. Export Import Bank manager as its new executive director of operations. Mary Jean Buhler, chief financial officer… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor reports rise in earnings with procurement activity in DOE weapons complex
Earnings rose at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the third quarter, which the engineering and construction company attributed in part Friday to metals and mining projects as well as a steady stream of government contracts. Net earnings attributable to Fluor for the third… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Bechtel responds to DOE Inspector General on waste treatment plant cost estimates
Bechtel National this week pushed back against a Department of Energy Office of Inspector General audit report that questioned the reliability of the contractor’s cost estimates for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE greenlights transition to new Occupational Medical contractor for Hanford
A Virginia-based, woman-owned company started its 60-day transition Thursday to become the new provider of occupational medical services at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, DOE said. DOE’s Richland Operations Office said Wednesday it is giving Inomedic Health Applications (IHA) a notice to proceed with the transition, which should be completed on […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT earnings rise in third quarter
Earnings rose at BWXT Technologies, Lynchburg, Va., in the third quarter, which the nuclear services company attributed mostly to its commercial business, offset by staffing up its government business in preparation for future work and an increase in corporate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Moab hits 14 million tons; groups seek EPA nuke waste rewrite; site prep underway for Idaho disposal cell; Portsmouth panel goes live; retired Hanford figure dies
Contractor North Wind Portage has now removed 14 million tons of uranium mill tailings from the Moab, Utah site near the Colorado River, the Department of Energy announced this week. Removing 14 million of the 16 million tons of tailings from the Moab Uranium Mill… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]