Vol. 35, No. 08 
Idaho on pace to ship legacy waste to WIPP by 2032
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Cleanup & Remediation
IWTU to resume ops in March but DNFSB says problems remain, DOE seeks higher output
The cleanup contractor at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory will need to treat about twice as much sodium-bearing waste annually as it did during 2023 in order to meet the agency’s target for the new Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, an advisory panel heard Thursday. After treatment resumes, DOE wants the Integrated Waste Treatment […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Proposals due this month from subs seeking Hanford electrical work
Proposals are due by the end of February from subcontractors interested in overhauling the electric power infrastructure within Area 100 of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, according to an updated procurement notice. Proposals in response to the solicitation launched by Leidos-led Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, which acts as city manager for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE offers details on partial Hanford 222-S Lab evacuation
The partial evacuation Tuesday afternoon at the 222-S Laboratory at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state was done as a precaution after “about a thimble full” of a legacy chemical was discovered prior to disposal, an agency spokesperson said in Wednesday emails. The evacuation of 50 to 60 people, initially reported by […]
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Contracts & Procurement
PE firm sells DOE businesses after three-years of M&A; Cadre Holdings acquires
A private equity firm that acquired and merged several businesses working for the Department of Energy sold the rolled-up companies to Cadre Holdings, a Jacksonville, Fla., maker of law-enforcement equipment. Cadre bought Alpha Safety Group, created by Benford Capital Partners of Chicago in 2021 from the former Nuclear Filter Technologies, for a little more than […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor CEO anticipates Pantex award decision in second half of year
Fluor Chairman and CEO David Constable expects the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration to decide on a new management contractor for the Pantex Plant in Texas in the second or third quarter of this calendar year. Constable made the comment during a Tuesday earnings call with Wall Street analysts. The Fluor chief is […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UCOR tells Sixth Circuit it should have sovereign immunity from COVID lawsuit
The Amentum-led environmental prime at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee this week told a federal appeals court it should have sovereign immunity, as a federal contractor, from a lawsuit by a radiation technician who was fired after refusing COVID- 19 vaccination. In its 36-page filing Tuesday, UCOR LLC told the U.S. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Another group of Oak Ridge vax objectors file suit against UCOR
A group of 21 plaintiffs who claim they were fired after seeking a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccinations have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Department of Energy’s cleanup contractor at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The former employees of Amentum-led United Cleanup Oak Ridge (UCOR) filed suit against the contractor Feb. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: DUF6 contractor faces $382K fine; Hanford tank pipeline deadline extended; INL has money in reserve; more
Atkins-led Mid-America Conversion Services has 30 days to contest $382,500 in Department of Energy fines stemming from allegations that the contractor failed to ensure a crane used in Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio was maintained in a safe manner. The contractor “has not acknowledged these nuclear safety deficiencies, they have […]