Vol. 36, No. 01 
Contractor lockout of Hanford Guards Union ends after vote
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Cleanup & Remediation
More time in the office, fewer RFPs, not many big changes to EM seen under Trump 2
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss” is a line from “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” a hit song by British rock band, The Who from 1971 —but it also could describe today’s political climate. The Department of Energy and the rest of the U.S. government,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! […]
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Budget & Policy
Clock expires on Ike White’s nomination to DNFSB
The 118th Congress ended Friday Jan. 3 without the Senate voting to confirm President Joe Biden’s nomination of William (Ike) White, to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. So the nomination of White, a longtime fed and former acting head of the Department… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE finds ‘many challenges’ to developing 2nd WIPP-like repository
The Department of Energy sees “many challenges” to identifying and developing a second deep-underground disposal site for defense-related transuranic waste, not the least of which is Congressional authorization, according to a report to New Mexico officials. Before… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Los Alamos chromium plume task force stresses flexibility, technology
A new report calls for continued pump-and-treat operations, better technology and more cooperation between feds and New Mexico officials to combat a chromium plume at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. That is from the executive summary… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
USW union prez to retire at Portsmouth
Herman Potter, president of United Steelworkers Local 689 at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, is retiring from both his job with the government’s landlord contractor and his leadership post with the union. “I plan to retire from North Wind… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth cleanup staff cautiously returns to work
After getting a couple of snow days, employees for Fluor-BWXT, the Department of Energy cleanup contractor at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, were urged to be cautious in returning to work Wednesday, according to a Facebook post. In the Tuesday post, Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap up: Fires avoid ETEC so far; EnergySec hearing coming up; DOE awards emergency training contract
The Department of Energy is keeping a watchful eye on the devastating wildfires sweeping through Southern California, but as of Thursday evening, the blazes had not reached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Simi Valley. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]