Vol. 35, No. 19 
Agencies dub holistic deal realistic and doable; defend DOE on Hanford HLW
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Vitrification & Grout
Hanford advisory panel raises questions on grout, other issues
No decision has been made on whether grouting of some low-level radioactive tank waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site would occur inside the 580-square-mile federal complex, or elsewhere, government attorneys told an advisory board Tuesday. A pathway… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs earnings dip, company secures some approvals for Amentum deal
Earnings fell at Jacobs, Dallas, in the second quarter of its fiscal 2024, which the international engineering and technical services company attributed to a $95-million share repurchase program. Importantly, Jacobs also said in its Tuesday earnings release that… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
BWXT touts re-award, hopes for Hanford waste contract transition this year
Despite protests by a rival, a team led by BWX Technologies has now twice won a $45 billion Department of Energy liquid waste contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state, which shows it is a “superior” proposal, CEO Rex Geveden said Monday during an earnings… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
DOE releases details on May 23 SRS clean energy information day
The Department of Energy kicks off its second Cleanup to Clean Energy information day for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina at noon May 23 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time at Aiken Technical College, according to a notice issued by the agency this week. The session… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! […]
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Contracts & Procurement
N3B inks Los Alamos subcontracts for building upkeep, health clinic
The legacy cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory said this week it has signed two subcontracts, worth a combined $36.5 million, with small businesses for building maintenance and health services. Newport News Nuclear… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Budget & Policy
Lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to set House vote on Radiation Exposure Act
More than two-dozen U.S. lawmakers urged House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) last week to set a floor vote on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act, which easily passed the Senate in March. Although the Senate took a “laudable step by passing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Newhouse faces challenge from former Senate candidate
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash)., who represents the area around the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, in the House of Representatives, is getting a new challenger, a former GOP Senate candidate, Tiffany Smiley. Smiley, who ran an unsuccessful race against incumbent… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: 2025 trial possible in case against Hanford landlord; Ex- Canada lab exec joins SRS prime; Ex-DOE manager Flohr joins Navarro; and more
The Department of Justice and the landlord contractor for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state both anticipate a fraud trial lasting several weeks could be held in federal district court during fall of 2025. That is one of the key takeaways… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]