Vol. 37, No. 25

Contracts & Procurement

DOE issues draft RFP for Hanford’s 222-S lab management

The Department of Energy Thursday released its draft request for proposals (RFP) for management of the 222-S Laboratory at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash. The period of performance on the potential small business set-aside contract is expected to be up to seven years. That includes a five-year base period, a transition period from the […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    EPA’s Dallas region opposes New Mexico’s planned WIPP modification

    The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office in Dallas this week took a public stance against New Mexico’s planned permit overhaul for the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. The set of changes proposed by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) for WIPP’s hazardous waste permit […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    DOE shoots for resumption of WIPP shipments in late July

    The Department of Energy is targeting late July for resumption of transuranic waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. In a Wednesday email to Exchange Monitor, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said it intends to start disposing of waste again by the end of July. Although the schedule could […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hanford crews work to curb risk at 324 Building

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said Tuesday crews from an Amentum-led contractor have finished important work to mitigate risk at the highly-contaminated 324 Building at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash. Crews from Central Plateau Cleanup, a partnership that also includes Fluor and AtkinsRéalis,  have finished stabilizing four hot cells at the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    DOE cleanup office continues work on defense waste recycling demo project

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) is making headway on its solicitation for a venture that would demonstrate recycling of defense-related spent fuel to extract high-assay-low-enriched-uranium (HALEU) fuel for advanced reactors. DOE announced the request for applications (RFA) in April for the demo project at the Idaho National Laboratory. An Industry Day […]

  • Non-Proliferation

    NNSA, EM team up to move spent fuel from Venezuela reactor

    Two branches of the Department of Energy have, together with international partners, finished removing all leftover highly enriched uranium from Venezuela’s old RV-1 research reactor. DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Office of Environmental Management (EM) and the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina participated in the U.S. effort, according to a […]

  • Budget & Policy

    DOE nuclear legal exec leaves; international nominee has hearing

    In a week of personnel movement for the Department of Energy, a nuclear legal adviser is leaving the organization while a White House nominee to head international affairs appeared before a Senate panel.  In the exit lane Seth Cohen, DOE’s chief counsel for nuclear law and policy, announced over the weekend that he is leaving […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    Wrap Up: House E&W vote delayed; DNFSB frets over Los Alamos NNSA staffing; DOE awards NMED $2.2M oversight grant; more

    The fiscal 2027 House Energy and Water Appropriations bill text was released Wednesday and waits to be debated on the House floor. The bill text and any amendments submitted are available online. While the bill was scheduled to be debated on the House floor this week, debate and votes were postponed. Last month, the House […]

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