Vol. 35, No. 48 
N3B has final two-year option picked up at Los Alamos
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Budget & Policy
NDAA matches Biden request for defense cleanup spending; keys expedited cleanup
Defense Environmental Cleanup, the largest pot of funding for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, would be authorized for a little more than $7 billion under the defense policy bill. That’s roughly the amount requested by the Biden administration. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Clock ticking on Ike White nomination to DNFSB
With time expiring soon on this congressional session, a longtime federal manager is still awaiting Senate confirmation to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The nomination of William “Ike” White to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB)… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Follow-up protest filed over Portsmouth/Paducah contract award
Mission Operations Alliance, a limited liability corporation, has filed a second bid protest with the Government Accountability Office over the Department of Energy’s $2.3-billion award to an Atkins-led group at former uranium enrichment sites in Ohio and Kentucky. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
USW, North Wind reach labor deal at Portsmouth
The Department of Energy’s landlord contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio last week signed a new contract with United Steelworkers members at the former gaseous diffusion plant, a union representative said Tuesday. A group of about 65 United Steelworkers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Labor dispute drags on after union guards vote down latest HMIS proposal
Members of Hanford Guards Union Local 21 voted down the latest contract proposal Dec. 6 from the landlord contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, as the labor dispute entered a third week. As of Thursday, neither the Hanford… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
Early comments criticize DOE WIPP legacy disposal plan
As of Dec. 8, the New Mexico Environment Department has 37 pages of emails with comments on the Department of Energy’s plan to define legacy transuranic waste for disposal at DOE’s deep underground disposal site near Carlsbad, N.M. Dec. 8 is roughly mid-way… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Groundwater study marks next step in Oak Ridge landfill work, DOE says
With field work done, a groundwater monitoring study is underway for a new low-level radioactive waste landfill being built at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, DOE said Tuesday. Earlier this year, 30 acres were cleared and roads rerouted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
Feds, Idaho weigh elk hunting expansion around laboratory
Concern over farmland damage by elk around the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory has federal and state authorities considering a plan to widen the hunting boundary around the DOE complex. DOE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: Hanford warehouse space sought; EPA boss could head Wash. Ecology; AtkinsRéalis picked for SMR project
Businesses interested in leasing warehouse space for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state now have until Dec. 30 to formally express interest in a deal with the Leidos-led landlord contractor at the nuclear cleanup site. Hanford Mission… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]