Vol. 35, No. 03 
2023 was best post-shutdown year so far for WIPP
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Cleanup & Remediation
Savannah River prime starts shopping for sub to build emergency ops center
The Department of Energy prime for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina is shopping around for subcontractors interested in building a new emergency operations center. The request for information and expressions of interest by Fluor-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions was published online Wednesday. Responses are due by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Feb. 5 […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford landlord lands only 35% of subjective fee due to fire system problems
The Department of Energy’s landlord contractor for the Hanford Site in Washington state, earned only 35% of its subjective fee during fiscal 2023 in part because of its failure to keep on top of fire suppression system maintenance, according to a scorecard released Tuesday. That translates to $2.4 million out of a potential $8.4 million, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Oak Ridge deputy picked as Wilkerson takes new role
Laura Wilkerson, the Department of Energy’s deputy manager of the Oak Ridge Site’s nuclear cleanup office, accepted the newly-created chief engineer position at the Eastern-Tennessee site, the department said Thursday. In the same press release, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said another longtime hand Erik Olds, director of communications in Washington, D.C., will succeed […]
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Budget & Policy
Biden signs new funding bill, averting shutdown; House speaker opposed to omnibus
President Joe Biden (D) on Friday signed a spending bill to keep agencies including the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management open until March 1. The Senate passed the bill 77-to-18 on Tuesday afternoon. The House followed quickly after, approving the month-and-a-half stopgap budget 314-to-108. The measure will keep DOE and other agencies funded […]
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Contracts & Procurement
50-plus industry reps check out DOE’s tech services at Portsmouth-Paducah
A virtual pre-solicitation meeting attracted 52 people representing 23 companies interested in a potential Department of Energy contract for technical services at the Paducah Site in Kentucky and the Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The following companies had individuals who signed up to learn more about draft solicitation for Portsmouth Paducah Project Office Technical Support Services: […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Tribes, DOE, Air Force weigh in on clean energy projects at Nevada site
Use of the Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site for carbon-free energy will not include small modular reactors, a local manager for DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration, told a federal advisory panel Wednesday. “Small modular reactors are not an option” for the Nevada site, “David Bowman, manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UT Battelle says vax objectors suffered no harm, asks court to toss lawsuit
The prime contractor of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory wants a federal judge to dismiss a long-running lawsuit by two employees, a married couple, who the contractor said balked at getting COVID-19 vaccines but suffered no real damages. The motion for summary judgment and supporting materials were filed by the management joint […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford ‘downwinder’ Bailie dies at age 76
Tom Bailie, a farmer who lived in the shadow of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state and became an advocate for downwinders affected by nuclear radiation, died at age 76, the Spokane Spokesman-Review newspaper reported Sunday. Born in Pasco, Wash. in 1947, Bailie’s family moved soon afterward to a farm across the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: Hanford workers miss another day; EM advisory board renewed for 2 years; HII’s Lempke adds new role and more
Most workers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state were told to stay home Friday due to sleet and snow creating challenging driving conditions — one day after most onsite staffers were sent home early. Elsewhere in the DOE weapons complex, it appears the weather is moderating at the Oak Ridge Site […]