Vol. 35, No. 6 Hanford gradually overcoming hurdles toward making glass, panel told
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Contracts & Procurement
Jacobs reports strong first earnings after merger announcement
Earnings rose at Jacobs, Dallas, in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which the global engineering, procurement and construction company attributed partly to international infrastructure projects. Tuesday’s press release marked the first earnings results from… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge deals blow to Idaho county’s INL lawsuit, leaves door open for refiling
Butte County, Idaho has not shown the Department of Energy’s storage of spent nuclear fuel at Idaho National Laboratory violates the law, but the county may amend its complaint to preserve its lawsuit, a federal district judge ruled last week. U.S. District Court… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP expects more shipments, clean energy project in near term, lawmakers told
The Department of Energy expects the number of transuranic waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will increase by more than 50 in fiscal year 2024, and DOE is also in the early stages of a carbon-free energy procurement for the site, New Mexico lawmakers… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
West Valley bidders get extra week; humans, not AI, will vet proposals
Those interested in bidding on a potentially $3 billion contract for Phase 1B remediation work at the West Valley Demonstration Project in New York state will get an extra week, until March 4, to submit their proposals, the Department of Energy said last week. In… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
WRPS looking for potential subs to refurbish underground tank pipeline
The Department of Energy contractor in charge of tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state is shopping for potential subcontractors capable of refurbishing up to 10 miles of underground pipeline for double-shelled waste-storage tanks. Amentum-led Washington… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Missouri gov seeks funds for further investigations of radioactive contamination
Missouri’s governor requested some $220,000 from the state legislature to oversee the federal government’s cleanup of Manhattan Project waste in the state and help local governments look for more contamination. The money, $221,131 in total, would go to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Coldwater Creek Congresswoman gets another primary challenger
Maria Chappelle-Nadal, the county prosecutor for St. Louis, is running for the Democratic nomination in this year’s race for a House seat representing Missouri’s 1st district and currently held by two-term Rep. Cori. Bush (D). The St. Louis-area district includes… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Los Alamos looks at episodes of skin contamination
The Department of Energy is looking at two incidents of skin contamination at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Plutonium Facility in New Mexico during January, according to a recent report from a federal safety agency. In one the likely source was a contaminated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth contractors seek more time in civil suit
Former and current Department of Energy contractors at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio have filed an unopposed motion in federal court seeking until Feb. 26 to answer a complaint by a local resident who blames his leukemia on radioactive contamination from the property. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Lax practices cited in INL carbon monoxide exposure; Cold snap causes Hanford damage; Oak Ridge transfers land and more
The Department of Energy’s Jacobs-led cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory failed to take proper precautions before a January 2023 worker exposure to carbon monoxide, DOE’s internal enforcement wing wrote in a recent letter. An industrial hygienist… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]