Vol. 35, No. 31 
Case cited by losing Hanford tanks bidder has no bearing on DOE award, winning bidder says
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Budget & Policy
Senate offers more dollars for EM, Hanford than House Appropriations
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management would receive $8.4 billion in fiscal 2025, under the Energy and Water appropriations bill rolled out Thursday by the Senate Appropriations Committee, more than House appropriators sought. The figure… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor reports quarterly earnings uptick; touts weapons complex foothold
Earnings rose at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the second quarter, which the global engineering company with a big footprint in the Department of Energy, attributed to long-term government and commercial contracts, according to a Friday press release. Net earnings for… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE, WIPP stakeholders ponder age criteria for ‘legacy’ waste
The Department of Energy and its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant prime expect to file a draft plan with New Mexico regulators in November seeking to define “legacy” transuranic waste, managers said during a public meeting Tuesday. The draft will be filed Nov. 3… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Nevada Site to receive contaminated soil from Santa Susana
An amended record of decision published Tuesday clears an environmental hurdle for sending contaminated soil to the Nevada National Security Site from the Department of Energy’s section of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California. The Nevada Nuclear Security… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Nuclear critics urge Senate appropriators to fully fund DNFSB
On Tuesday, more than two-dozen advocacy groups with an anti-nuclear bent called on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund a federal nuclear watchdog agency at the $47.2 million level sought by President Joe Biden for fiscal 2025 and the panel came close. Senate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Contracts & Procurement
HMIS seeks building space sub at Hanford Site
The Leidos-led landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is shopping for a subcontractor to provide office and warehouse space at the former plutonium production site. Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) on Tuesday… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
GAO urges greater scrutiny of major DOE cleanup infrastructure projects
The Department of Energy’s $8-billion nuclear cleanup office needs better oversight of contractors doing big, expensive infrastructure projects, according to a federal audit released Wednesday. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) wants DOE’s Office of… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS hopes to reach deal with first solar developer
The Department of Energy and Stellar Renewable Power started lease negotiations last month for a solar project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, a federal advisory board heard Monday. The agency hopes to wrap up negotiations by mid-August, Edwin Deshong,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Washington Ecology to take comments on vapor control research technology
The Washington state Department of Ecology plans to start taking public comment later this summer on a research and development permit application for a technology to reduce hazardous tank waste vapors at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. On Friday July… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Two VPs at Leidos-led Hanford contractor call it a career
Two vice presidents at a Leidos-led joint venture in charge of overseeing workaday operations at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site are retiring. In a post last week on LinkedIn, Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) said two executives, each with… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: Fluor appoints COO; SRS board wants NNSA relationship; Knoxville biz gets Oak Ridge admin work; more
Jim Breuer, currently president of Fluor’s Energy Solutions group, becomes Fluor’s chief operating officer effective Monday, Aug. 5, CEO David Constable said during an earnings call Friday. As chief operating officer, Breuer will report directly to Constable,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]