Vol. 36, No. 10 
Colorado developer Walsh nominated to head Environmental Management
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Cleanup & Remediation
Federal attendance down, anxiety up annual Waste Management
PHOENIX —After layoffs and buyouts and the possibility of a government shutdown, the Department of Energy presence was lighter than usual at the annual Waste Management Symposia here. Although no official figures were immediately available, the buzz at a Sunday night reception here was that while DOE and its nuclear cleanup arm typically send around […]
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Budget & Policy
Top Senate Democrat Schumer backs CR over government shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday he intends to vote to advance a Republican-drafted stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government operating through the rest of fiscal 2025. Unless a continuing resolution was approved Friday, the government would partially shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. A vote was expected Friday after the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford deputy manager Stickney leaving DOE
It is official: Brian Stickney, deputy manager for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, is retiring from the federal government, according to a memo viewed by Exchange Monitor. “After more than 15 years with the U.S. Department of Energy and over 30 years with the federal government, HFO [Hanford Field Office] Deputy […]
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Vitrification & Grout
DOE planning large-scale grouting at Hanford
PHOENIX—— The Department of Energy could ultimately solidify between 20 million and 30 million gallons of lower-level radioactive liquid waste at the Hanford Site into a concrete-like grout form, a senior manager at the nuclear cleanup site said here Wednesday. DOE managers at the Hanford Site in Washington state are talking with commercial providers on […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford lost 51 to job cuts, manager says
PHOENIX — The Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., lost 51 employees to federal job cuts so far, a senior manager at the nuclear cleanup complex said here Wednesday. At the same time, Delmar Noyes, a senior DOE manager at the former plutonium production site, said having a single Hanford Field Office helps […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
No decisions yet on fate of DOE Cleanup to Clean Energy
PHOENIX — The Department of Energy during President Donald Trump’s second term hasn’t focused on a Joe Biden administration effort to tap underused land at federal nuclear sites for carbon-free power, an Environmental Management official said Monday. With the administration being “new,” less than two months old, no decisions on the Cleanup to Clean Energy […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Bechtel appoints Dena Volovar to head nuclear subsidiary
Contractor Bechtel announced Monday it appointed Dena Volovar as the new president of its Nuclear, Security & Energy business. Volovar succeeds John Howanitz, who will retire in April after 42 years at Bechtel, according to the company press release. Volovar’s tenure at Bechtel extends 26 years, most recently as executive vice president and manager of […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Cleanup office, DOE Legacy Management already talking Moab handoff
PHOENIX —With remediation of an old uranium tailings pile along the Colorado River in Utah entering the home stretch, a Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management executive said Monday that closure plans are already being discussed. With only one million tons left to be removed from a tailings pile near the Colorado River, Environmental […]
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Transuranic Waste
Congressman gets GSA memo on keeping WIPP building
The member of Congress whose district includes the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has received written assurance from the General Services Administration that the lease for the DOE Carlsbad Field Office won’t be terminated. A spokesperson for Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) said Friday the lawmaker has received written word from […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: DOE exec talks costs; Canada touts waste site process; NNSA issues RFP; more
PHOENIX – Expediting nuclear cleanup and making it less expensive is vital to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, a senior adviser to Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said here Monday. Current projections indicate the Hanford Site in Washington state, which once produced plutonium for the government, won’t be fully cleaned up until […]