Vol. 36, No. 06 
Judge unblocks deferred retirement ‘fork,’ OPM closes program
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Cleanup & Remediation
Too early to gauge impact of Hanford departures, says site boss
Brian Vance, the Department of Energy’s manager of the Hanford Site in Washington state said Wednesday it is too early to tell how White House personnel policies might affect federal staff levels at the nuclear cleanup site. “At this point I can’t speculate… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Mass terminations hit NNSA this week, probationary employees laid off
As the Donald Trump administration moves ahead with its agenda to shrink the federal workforce, roughly one-sixth of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s staff was terminated Thursday. According to NPR, who broke the story Thursday, 300 of the agency’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE manager updates contractor, infrastructure issues at Hanford
A new Department of Energy prime contractor for liquid waste should take over Feb. 23 at Hanford Site in Washington state, the DOE manager for the nuclear cleanup property said Wednesday. The transition to BWX Technologies-led Hanford Tank Waste Operations &… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Incoming Hanford tank waste contractor lines up workforce
The BWX Technologies-led contractor soon to be in charge of the 56 million gallons of liquid tank waste at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site has already lined up most of its rank-and-file workforce. Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) had… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Tennessee gov plans $50M to support TVA small modular reactor
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) proposed plans this week for his state to spend $50 million to support the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Clinch River small modular reactor project Lee’s proposal during Monday’s State of the State address comes about a month… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Hanford workers get snow day; Perma-Fix hires COO; North Wind manager retires; more
Many workers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site near Richland, Wash., were sent home early Thursday evening due to a snowstorm that hit parts of Washington and Oregon, the Tri-City Herald reported. The chance of continued snow showers lingers through… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]