Vol. 37, No. 31 
WIPP resumes operations after hoist failures as DOE, New Mexico talk
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Contracts & Procurement
Four Rivers Nuclear to receive extension into 2030
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management plans to keep on Amentum-led Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership as the remediation contractor at the Paducah Site in Kentucky through September 2030. In an online notice of intent posted this week, DOE’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office said it plans to modify the existing Deactivation and Remediation contract to […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Certain Hanford tank waste can be treated as low-level under WIR
The federal government has concluded certain tank farm waste in the 200 West Area of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., can be treated as low-level radioactive waste. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management said in a Friday press release that a Waste Incidental to Reprocessing (WIR) determination has been made for treated […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate seeks to extend government operations through Dec. 11 with latest CR
The Senate Appropriations Committee is working on a framework for a stopgap funding resolution to keep the federal government through Dec. 11 and the full Senate was expected to vote on it sometime Friday. The government’s fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. Unless a bill codifies that funding is rolled over into the next fiscal […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Hanford Site faces bad air days, fire risk
Smoke from regional wildfires caused the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., to face an air quality alert most of the week. The National Weather Service forecast for the region had an air quality alert in effect most of hte past week for Kennewick, Pasco and Richland as well as the counties that […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Hanford empties 24th single-shell tank
The Department of Energy said this week its nuclear cleanup branch has now removed radioactive waste from 24 of its single-shell tanks at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash. It has only taken about seven months for DOE’s BWXT-led contractor, Hanford Tank Waste Operations and Closure (H2C), to move 79,000 gallons of waste from Single-Shell […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Fluor earnings dip, but nuclear, DOE biz doing well
Earnings fell at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the second quarter, which the engineering and construction company attributed to factors affecting its non-nuclear markets. Net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $114 million, or $0.81 a share, down from $2.46 billion, or $14.81 a share, in the year-ago quarter. That is according to […]
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Contracts & Procurement
BWXT enjoys good 2nd quarter; sells off medical biz
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies (BWXT), Lynchburg, Va., in the 2nd quarter, which the government contractor attributed to growing interest in the nuclear industry. Net earnings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $89.1 million, or $0.97 a share, up from $78.5 million, or $0.85 a share, in the year-ago quarter, according to the […]
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Budget & Policy
Republican, Dem to face off in November for right to succeed Newhouse
A Republican member of the Yakima County Commission and a Democrat who is a retired Air Force major that once worked at the Hanford Site were the top two finishers in Washington state’s open primary for the 4th congressional district. As a result, Amanda McKinney (R) and John Duresky (D) will go head-to-head in the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Univ. of Georgia studies SRS auto crashes caused by wild pigs, deer
In figures that sound like something out of a TV commercial for insurance, there are an average of 135 automobile wrecks annually at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina that involve either deer or wild pigs, according to the Department of Energy. Research by the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory found in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: Navaarro-LATA lands Y-12 biz; DOE asks Richland about annexation; N.M. Group FOIAs pit study; Kaptur hurt in hit-and-run; Granger dies at age 83; more
A joint venture between Navarro Research & Engineering and Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) has been awarded a subcontract for waste management at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The contract, awarded by Y-12’s Bechtel-led prime Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) could be worth up to $160 million […]
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News & Analysis
Publication notice:
Exchange Monitor is entering its annual August break that occurs while Congress is in recess. As a result, Weapons Complex Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 14 and Friday Aug. 21. The normal weekly publication schedule will resume on Friday Aug. 28. News folks will still be on duty during the break and […]