Vol. 35, No. 34 
Hanford grouts K West reactor basin, prepares for cocooning
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Cleanup & Remediation
Baran is back: ex-NRC commissioner lands new gig at Department of Energy
Jeffrey Baran, who lost his job at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2023, will join the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management on Sept. 8, according to an internal email. When he arrives at DOE headquarters in Washington, Baran will be deputy assistant secretary for waste and materials management, or EM-4.2, in the Office […]
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Budget & Policy
Accord on ‘25 EM spending levels close, but shutdown talk precedes Congress’ return
By the numbers, House and Senate appropriators are within 2% of agreeing on a budget for nuclear-weapons cleanup for fiscal year 2025, but election-year politics could stand in the way of a resolution when Congress returns to Washington next week. Overall for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM), the House Appropriations Committee […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Patricia Lee sworn into DNFSB
Patricia Lee, former manager of Savannah River National Laboratory, was sworn in Wednesday as the newest member of the federal Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the agency said. The Senate confirmed Lee July 9 in a 54-41 vote, mostly on party lines. Her term runs through Oct. 18, 2027. Lee has over 30 years of experience in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Groundbreaking to start next week on parts of Rocky Flats hiking trail
Workers planned to break ground Sept. 9 on parts of the planned Rocky Mountain Greenway, a hiking trail near a former plutonium-pit factory, a group trying to stop the trail said in court papers. Planned activity for next week includes beginning construction on abutments for pedestrian bridges and a pedestrian underpass, according to a notice […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Orano picks Oak Ridge as ‘preferred site’ for uranium enrichment plant
Orano-USA on Wednesday said the company could build a uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., using some state funding and Department of Energy land. The planned, “multi-billion dollar” 750,000 square-foot facility will employ about 300 people in Roane County, Tenn., according to a press release from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. Tenn. Gov. […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
BWXT taps new president Gary Camper for largest of company’s business segments
Gary Camper was appointed president of Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies subsidiary Nuclear Operations Group, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Nuclear Operations Group’s mission is to manufacture nuclear reactor parts and fuel for naval submarines and aircraft carriers, which is BWX Technologies’ (BWXT) main business segment, the press release said. According to BWXT’s […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Wrap up: Small biz retirement; small biz award; obituary
David O’Flynn said this week he planned to retire Sept. 8 as the executive director of Strategic Management Solutions, better known as SMSI: an Albuquerque, N.M.-based small business fixture at Department of Energy nuclear-weapon sites across the country. O’Flynn had been the executive director since April, when SMSI was acquired by Berhard Capital Partners, a […]