Vol. 34, No. 48 
Environmental field boss at Los Alamos to become NNSA’s Savannah River Site manager
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Budget & Policy
Congress passes fiscal ‘24 NDAA; nuclear weapons get more, nuclear cleanup stays flat
President Joe Biden (D) was set to sign a fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that authorizes raises for nuclear weapons programs and flat spending for nuclear-weapons cleanup but no major changes for civilian nuclear energy policies. This week, with overwhelming bipartisan majorities, both chambers of Congress approved the bill, a compromise version of separate […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
DOE issues RFI, schedules Nevada clean energy industry day in February
The Department of Energy will hold its Clean Energy Project Information Day for the Nevada National Security Site Feb. 13 in Las Vegas, the department said this week. The session will be held at the National Atomic Testing Museum at 755 East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 13, at a time to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
IWTU should return to service early in new year, DOE says
With maintenance almost complete, the Department of Energy expects to restart operations of an Idaho National Laboratory treatment facility for radioactive sodium-bearing waste early in 2024. Workers for DOE ‘s Jacobs-led environmental cleanup contractor have replaced mercury-laden beds of granular activated carbon in two vessels of the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), which has been […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP continues to have best post-accident shipment year in 2023
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., remains on pace to have its best calendar year performance since it returned to service in 2017 following an underground accident three years earlier. The nation’s only deep geologic disposal site for defense-related transuranic waste has received 441 shipments between Jan. 1 and Nov. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE issues draft solicitation for tech services at Portsmouth and Paducah
With publication of a draft solicitation Thursday, the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch is shopping for a new small business to provide technical support for its project office serving the Portsmouth Site in Ohio and the Paducah Site in Kentucky. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management announced its draft request for proposals (RFP) for a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Supreme Court agrees to vacate ruling against Biden’s contractor vax mandate
Supreme Court agrees to vacate ruling against Biden’s contractor vax mandate The U.S. Supreme Court Monday agreed to vacate a national preliminary injunction against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal contractors, after the Justice Department argued the issue became moot when pandemic emergency measures ended this spring. The court Monday granted a petition […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UCOR replies to amended COVID lawsuit from ex employee
The Department of Energy’s environmental prime at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee said in a court filing last week that as a U.S. contractor it is shielded from a lawsuit brought under a state law by a former employee fired after refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19. In November, U.S. District Court Judge Charles […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Contractor Boston Government makes management appointments
Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Boston Government Services this month announced a pair of management moves, appointing a vice president for energy and environmental work as well as a head of cybersecurity. Longtime Boston Government executive Karen Harris, who was chief executive of a small technical services business for a decade and has 25 years of experience […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: SRS awards contracts; NRC backs Oak Ridge reactor; Los Alamos takes snow day; Nuke agencies on naughty list?; and more
S&K Logistics, a tribally-owned government contractor, has won a potential three-year, $24-million award for support services at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for professional services, ranging from liquid waste cleanup to legal support, at Savannah River runs from Dec. 12, 2023 through Dec. 11, […]