Vol. 35, No. 10 
Hanford tanks would make BWXT-led groups environmental primes at Hanford, SRS
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Budget & Policy
Spending at DOE’s big nuclear cleanup sites inch upward in compromise bill
The largest nuclear cleanup sites run by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management would meet or beat fiscal 2023 funding levels, under the compromise 2024 appropriations bill released over the weekend. The Office of Environmental Management… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Vitrification & Grout
Bechtel wins 92% of potential high-level waste fee for 2023 vit plant work
During the past calendar year, Bechtel National won $9.5 million, or 92% of a potential $10.3 million, from the Department of Energy for work on the High-Level Waste Facility at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Between… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Draft RFP issued for potential $90-million EM tech support contract
The Department of Energy has started to shop for a small business to be the Technical Support Services contractor for Office of Environmental Management field sites. DOE announced the draft request for proposal (RFP) for a potential five-year, $90-million contract… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Down to two members, DNFSB still seeking quorum
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board continues without a quorum for its role as federal safety watchdog for Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities, and the current chair’s term expires this fall. Designed as a five-person panel, the Defense Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB makes senior staff promotions
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board this week announced the promotion of two senior staffers at the federal watchdog agency for Department of Energy nuclear sites. In moves effective Feb. 26, Katherine Herrera became the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate passes RECA extension, Biden plans to sign
The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would extend and expand the federal legislation that financially compensates people harmed by radioactive material used to build the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The measure passed 69-30 with one senator not voting. President… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Qualified developers of carbon-free power sought for DOE Hanford Site
The Department of Energy officially said Friday it is seeking competitive bids from qualified parties to help develop carbon-free electric power projects of at least 200 megawatts at the Hanford Site in Washington state. Proposals are due April 15, tax day, in… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
NNSA seeking candidates to build clean-energy project in Nevada
The National Nuclear Security Administration wants to hear from entities interested in building a massive, 2,000-acre clean-energy farm to help power the Nevada National Security Site outside Las Vegas. In an 18-page request for qualifications published Friday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth contractors seek dismissal of suit by leukemia patient
Department of Energy contractors that have worked at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio last week asked a federal court to throw out the latest complaint by a plaintiff who alleged radioactive contamination escaped from the shuttered gaseous diffusion plant and caused… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Army Corps starts sampling for contamination buried deep under St. Louis suburb
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started sampling for radioactive contamination buried deep beneath a subdivision in Florissant, Mo., near Coldwater Creek, the federal organization said Monday. The Corps’ St. Louis District office said in a press release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Legacy contractor closes book on DP Road cleanup in Los Alamos
The legacy cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory officially closed out its remediation of a stretch of public road, previously thought to be clean, where contamination was discovered in 2020, the contractor said this… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Corps RFP published for FUSRAP project in New Jersey
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a solicitation for a contractor to clean up the DuPont Chambers Works Atomic Energy Commission site in Deepwater, N.J. The Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued an updated request… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: New Idaho cleanup boss starts soon; West Valley bidders get extension; New Mexico fines LANL and more
Mark Brown, deputy manager of Department of Energy nuclear cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory, will become manager of the field operation earlier than announced, the agency said Thursday. Brown will assume the Idaho Cleanup Project manager job starting Sunday,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Correction
The story “Upon further review, DOE re-awards mega-dollar Hanford tank contract to BWXT-led group” [Weapons Complex Monitor, Vol. 35 No. 09] should have said BWXT-led Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure filed a case with the U.S. Court of Appeals for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]