Vol. 35, No. 21 
Biden intends to nominate Ike White for DNFSB post
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Cleanup & Remediation
Some surprised by White DNFSB news, ponder what’s next at EM
Some, not all, weapons complex watchers contacted Thursday were caught off guard by President Joe Biden’s announcement of the planned nomination of William (Ike) White, longtime acting Department of Energy cleanup boss, to join the Defense Nuclear Facilities… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Draft RFP issued for Paducah landlord contract by DOE
The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office on Thursday rolled out its draft solicitation for a new small business landlord contractor at the Paducah Site in Kentucky. The DOE Office of Environmental Management said in a Thursday press release it is issuing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Transuranic Waste
Safety board wants briefing on new WIPP ventilation system
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board wants the Department of Energy to brief it by mid-July on the new underground ventilation system being installed at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Chair… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Parsons wins civilian appeals board ruling on DOE fee
Parsons Government Services has won a round before a federal contract board in a case alleging the Department of Energy owes it a $6 million incentive fee after deployment of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The Civilian… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
SWPF waste stream still moving slowly at SRS
The Savannah River Site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility in South Carolina is still falling short of Department of Energy production goals but that’s partly due to downtime at another waste facility, an advisory board heard Monday. The Salt Waste Processing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UCOR denies violating ADA in firing employee
The current Amentum-led environmental prime, and its predecessor, deny violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, or government whistleblower protections, connected with the firing of a worker at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
UCOR COVID case paused during mediation talks
A group of plaintiffs who claim they were wrongly fired by the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup contractor at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee after seeking religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination, are trying mediation to settle their lawsuit. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
September 2025 trial date set for Hanford landlord contractor
A federal judge in eastern Washington has scheduled a September 2025 jury trial in the Department of Justice’s case accusing a Leidos-led joint venture of false billing for fire prevention work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. Barring settlement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
House appropriator Simpson wins Idaho GOP primary
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who has used his seat on the House Appropriations Committee to support funding for the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, has again won the GOP nomination to represent the state’s 2nd Congressional district. Simpson… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Oak Ridge lab couple pursue discrimination claims in Sixth Circuit
A husband and wife employed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has turned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after failing to convince a federal judge in Tennessee they suffered discrimination from their refusal to be… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Full cleanup expected at Savannah River Site by 2065
Final cleanup of the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina should occur by fiscal 2065, an agency representative told the Citizens Advisory Board for the 310-square mile Tuesday. The 2065 timeline for final remediation, which matches the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
New Jacobs CFO to start next month
Dallas-based Jacobs is hiring Venk Nathamuni, to be its new chief financial officer starting June 3, the international engineering and services company said in a press release. Nathamuni, who has more than 15 years of senior financial and management experience,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
West Valley could send another batch of containers to WCS this summer
A Department of Energy contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York could send another shipment of legacy waste containers to Waste Control Specialists in Texas this summer, a DOE spokesperson said Monday. DOE announced in a press release… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: Lab soil contractor sought; House panel advances NDAA but not RECA; more
The Battelle-led prime of the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is shopping for a subcontractor to collect and ship sand contaminated with mercury to a Veolia waste facility in Gum Springs, Ark., from the Upton, N.Y., lab, according to a solicitation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]