Vol. 35, No. 30 
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Budget & Policy
House abandons planned vote on DOE’s 2025 budget bill
After hours of debate on more than 60 amendments this week, the House of Representatives canceled a planned vote on several 2025 appropriations bills, including the one that funds the Department of Energy. Media reported Wednesday that a fractious, razor-thin Republican… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE looks to Hecate to develop large Hanford solar project
Hecate Energy, Chicago, was selected as the developer of up to 1,000 megawatts of solar power at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, DOE said Thursday. Hecate will now enter into realty negotiations with DOE for the right to develop the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
South Carolina won a $600M settlement with DOE. The money could change — in big ways and small — how people in Aiken live
Roughly 25 miles up the road from the Savannah River Site, about equidistant between Aiken in South Carolina and Augusta in Georgia, sits Aiken Technical College. Founded in 1972, the public community college has about 1,800 students, many of whom focus on the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE plans to boost value of Carlsbad technical assistance deal with Navarro
The Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico intends to increase the value of its existing small business Technical Assistance Contract with Navarro Research and Engineering by up to $65 million, the agency said in an online notice Thursday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
During New Mexico meeting, DOE bosses get earful on pits, WIPP, power lines
Top Department of Energy executives for the weapons complex Monday evening got an earful from a large and vocal crowd of New Mexico residents on everything from plutonium pit production to proposed new electric power lines near the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Also… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
EPA takes comments on WIPP plans for new disposal panels
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments between now and Sept. 16 on the Department of Energy’s plans for two new disposal panels at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The new panels will help the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB sets August hearing on aging infrastructure
A federal safety watchdog will hear testimony from government agencies next month on best practices for taking care of aging nuclear infrastructure, some of which is a half-century old. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) has set a public hearing… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Defense Low-Level Waste
DOE Nevada completes upgrades required by settlement over mislabeled Y-12 waste
The Department of Energy has implemented all 34 corrective actions required by a June 2021 settlement agreement over mislabeled waste sent to the Nevada National Security Site from the Y-12 National Security Site in Tennessee, officials said last week. Completion… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Losing Hanford bidder says recent court decision bolsters case to disqualify winner
A joint venture that lost twice in a $45B Department of Energy competition at the Hanford Site in Washington state has presented a federal court with a legal ruling it hopes will disqualify the winner. AtkinsRéalis-led Hanford Tank Disposition Alliance (HTDA)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
GAO says EM lacks consistent remote-work policy; internships do not pay dividends
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management lacks consistent policy on allowing staff to work remotely, and efforts to use internship-type programs to recruit younger workers have yet to pay off, according to last week’s congressional watchdog… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: WRPS starts more tank work; NNSA boss says LANL growth peaked; plaintiff serves Sandia in defamation case; more
An Amentum-led Department of Energy contractor at the Hanford Site in Washington state is starting to remove radioactive waste from single-shell Tank A-101 and transfer it to a newer double-shell tank, DOE said in a Tuesday press release. Removal began of the 325,000… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]