Publications: Weapons Cleanup Monitor
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High-Level & Tank WasteNEW CRACK IN SAVANNAH RIVER TANK RENEWS CALL FOR MORE FUNDS
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 After the recent discovery of a new crack in one of the Savannah River Site’s high-level waste tanks, officials are pointing to the potential leak site as another reason more funding is needed at the site. The crack is well above the waste level in the tank and is not […]
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Cleanup & RemediationAT RIVER PROTECTION
WASH. REGULATORS WANT ACTION ON DAMAGED DST WC MONITOR 1/17/2014 The state of Washington is growing impatient after no waste has been emptied from Hanford’s double-shell Tank AY-102 more than a year after the Department of Energy discovered a leak between the tank’s shells. The Washington State Department of Ecology told DOE in a strongly […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
STATE REGULATORS PRESSURE DOE TO MOVE AHEAD ON MERCURY STORAGE SITE
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 A group of state environmental regulators called on the Obama Administration this week for action on a number of initiatives to address issues related to mercury pollution, including the Department of Energy’s establishment of a national storage facility for excess mercury. DOE released in September a final Environmental Impact Statement […]
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Contracts & ProcurementDOE MOVING AHEAD WITH OAK RIDGE SLUDGE BUILDOUT DESIGN CONTRACT
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Department of Energy late last week began conducting market research to help determine whether a new planned contract for design of the Oak Ridge Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts should be set-aside for small businesses. The sludge buildouts at the site’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center are designed to process about […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
SRS CONDUCTING ASSESSMENT AFTER COLD SNAP SHUT DOWN FACILITIES
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/17/2014 The Savannah River Site is conducting a “site-wide integrated assessment” after an unusual cold snap last week shut down the site’s biomass plant and associated steam lines, resulting in the shutdown of numerous facilities across the site. While the Ameresco Biomass Cogeneration Facility is back up and running, the site […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Wrap Up: In Congress, In DOE
WC Monitor 5/23/2014 In Congress House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) handily won this week the Republican primary for the Idaho House 2nd District. Pundits had declared the race “ground zero” for the ideological battle between the establishment of the Republican party and the more conservative-leaning Tea Party, but Simpson was […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
At Savannah River
SRNS Officially Names New President WC Monitor 5/23/2014 Fluor officially announced this week that Carol Johnson will be the next president and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site. WC Monitor first reported earlier this month that Johnson was set to replace Dwayne Wilson, who is expected to leave SRNS […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel CycleAt Portsmouth
Pro2Serve Drops Suit Against FBP WC Monitor 5/23/2014 Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve) has dropped a lawsuit filed against Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, the D&D contractor for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, though the terms of the suit’s resolution remain unclear. Pro2Serve had accused FBP in a suit filed in late March of improperly trying to take […]
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InternationalUK Cleanup Focus
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 5/23/2014 GMB Union May Take Action Against Sellafield after Worker Upgrading The union GMB is considering taking action against Sellafield Limited after 400 health physics were upgraded to management, which took them out of GMB’s collective bargaining agreements. “The company has now decided that our members should be upgraded, but they […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE Needs to Improve Estimating of Cost/Schedule, Cleanup Chief Says
Staff reports WC Monitor 5/23/2014 The Department of Energy needs to get to the bottom of why cost and schedule projections on its large projects are so often underestimated, David Huizenga, senior adviser for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management, said this week. “It bothers me to think that collectively we cannot do a better job […]
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- Newly Uncovered Changes in LANL Processes Examined in WIPP Probe
- SRS Liquid Waste Plan Delays Tank Closures 10 Years Past Milestones
- Ports. D&D Contractor Halts NDA Program over Quality Questions
- DOE DUF6 Project Director to Serve as Next Idaho Cleanup Chief
- Demolition of West Valley Main Plant to Be Delayed
- DNFSB Raises New Questions over Startup of Idaho Waste Facility
- DOE Fills Paducah Site Lead Position
- DNFSB Member Stresses ‘Leadership’ in Ensuring Strong Safety Culture
- DOE to Launch Assessment for Processing German HEU at H-Canyon
- DOE’s Podonsky, Moury on New Safety/Security Approach
- At River Protection
- At Richland
- At Oak Ridge
- At Portsmouth
- Wrap Up: In The Industry
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- Wrap Up: In Congress, In DOE
- At Savannah River
- At Portsmouth
- UK Cleanup Focus
- DOE Needs to Improve Estimating of Cost/Schedule, Cleanup Chief Says
- Meeting Los Alamos TRU Goal ‘Highly Unlikely’, New Mexico Official Says
- After Damaged Drum Discovered, State Moves for WIPP Panel Closure
- New Details Emerge over URS’ Attempt to Be Terminated at SPRU D&D Project
- DOE May Need an Extra $140 Million for WIPP Recovery Efforts in FY’15
- E&W Gets Slight Boost in FY 2015 Senate Approps Subcommittee Allocations
- As SWPF Startup Talks Drag On, DOE Suggests No New Deal Is Necessary
- DOE Search for New LM Contractor to Stretch On
- DOE Cleanup Program Going on Hiring Spree
- Ports. D&D Project Has Most Open DOE Enforcement Investigations
- Concerns Grow over Savannah River Operations and Engineering Issues
- Rep. Hastings Successfully Boosts EM Funds in FY’15 Defense Auth. Bill
- House Approves Bill That Would Lower DNFSB Employee Cap
- Officials Pledge to Get to ‘Final Answer’ on Hanford Tank Vapors
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- At Richland
- EM-1 Nominee’s List of Priorities Sparks Concern in South Carolina
- URS Asked to Be Terminated from SPRU Project Last Year, Document Shows
- DOE Revamping Uranium Transfer Plans; Less to Go to Cleanup
- Three Months after WIPP Release, No Definitive Answer on the Cause
- Bechtel’s Government Biz Unit Undergoes Management Reorg.
- Meeting June 30 Los Alamos TRU Deadline Could Soon Be Impossible
- Babcock & Wilcox Sets Sights on Expanded Role at Savannah River
- Documents: WIPP Maintenance Costs Dropped in FY’13
- WIPP Award of New Records Subcontract Comes Under Fire
- Hanford Tri-Party Agreement Marks 25th Anniversary
- At Oak Ridge
- Wrap Up: In DOE, In The Industry
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- WIPP May Be Closed for Up to Three Years, Recovery Manager Says
- FY 2015 Funding Challenges Appear Set to Slow Ports. D&D Progress
- Oak Ridge Cleanup Chief to Serve as New EM No. 2
- With WIPP Down, Idaho and Oak Ridge Seek Ways to Continue TRU Processing
- Despite RFP Uncertainty, DOE Says it Can Award TWPC Work by Early 2015
- House Appropriators Unveil $34.01 Billion Allocation for E&W Subcommittee
- D&D Fund Contribution Removed from FY 2015 House Defense Auth. Bill
- Still No Schedule for CEUSP Shipments to Nevada for Disposal
- Former URS Exec. Johnson to Lead Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
- Issues at Savannah River Site Continue to Impact Productivity
- EM Advisory Boards Warn FY15 Request ‘Insufficient’ for Milestones
- UK Cleanup Focus
- At Oak Ridge
- At Richland
- On WIPP
- Wrap Up: In Congress, In DOE, In the DNFSB, In the Industry
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- At Richland
- At River Protection
- Bags Covering WIPP Drums Disturbed, Rad. Leak Cause Remains a Mystery
- EM Calls for Complex-Wide Deferred Maintenance Review
- Seven Hanford Milestones at Risk of Being Missed in FY ’15
- DOE Considering Combining Idaho Cleanup Contracts Post-FY 2015
- Oak Ridge Subcontractor Targeted by Law Enforcement Sells Off UCOR Work
- DOE Signs Deal to Explore Processing German HEU at H-Canyon
- Pu Disposal at WIPP Lowest Cost Disposition Option, DOE Study Says
- UK Cleanup Focus
- DOE Gearing up to Issue Draft RFP for Paducah Infrastructure Contract
- More Than 75 Los Alamos Containers of TRU Waste May Not Meet WCS Criteria
- URS Moving UCOR Chief Leo Sain Back to Corporate Position
- Wrap Up: In DNFSB, In The Industry
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- DOE: Poor Safety Culture, Lax Oversight Contributed to WIPP Release
- DOE Seeks Revised Final Offers from Paducah Deactivation Bidders
- SRS to Close Two More Tanks Through Efficiencies, Funding Boost
- SWPF Alternatives Study Includes Small Column Ion Exchange
- Survey: EM Employees Have Concerns Over How Performance Is Recognized
- DOE IG: URS Not Cooperating in Probe of Fired WTP Safety Manager
- K-Basin Sludge Removal at Hanford Moving Forward this Year
- Wash. State Launches Formal Dispute Resolution on Hanford Consent Decree
- DOE Appeals Wash. State Order to Pump Damaged Hanford Tank
- DNFSB Wants to Update DOE Directives Review Process
- IG Says DOE Could Save on Mobile Device Costs
- At Idaho
- At Paducah
- At Portsmouth
- Wrap Up: In DOE, In The Industry
- At West Valley
- At Savannah River
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- Wash. State Rejects DOE Proposal to Modify Hanford Consent Decree
- Two Months after WIPP Release, Still No ID of Contamination Source
- As SWPF Startup Talks Drag On, DOE Looking at Alternatives
- K-25 Contamination in City Sludge Being Shipped to Perma-Fix Facility
- DOE Seeks Comment on Benefits Test for Hanford 222-S Lab RFP
- Senator Seeks Funding for DOE Program on Uranium/Thorium Sites
- UK Cleanup Focus
- At River Protection
- Wrap Up: In Congress, In DOE
- At Oak Ridge
- At Savannah River
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- Interim WTP Pretreatment System Could Cost $300M, DOE Official Says
- DNFSB Considering Establishing An Ombudsman Capability
- DOE Taking More Time to ID Source of WIPP Rad. Release
- ITG in Talks with DOE on How it Can Earn Fee with WIPP Shutdown
- UK Cleanup Focus
- FY15 Budget for Hanford Could Lead to Missed Milestones, Sen. Warns
- Ports. D&D Contractor Defends Plan To Descope Work from Pro2Serve
- DOE Cleanup Chief Defends Cut to FY15 Oak Ridge D&D
- ATL to Purchase DeNuke Services
- At River Protection
- At Oak Ridge
- At Savannah River
- Wrap Up: In DOE, In Congress, In the Industry
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- DOE CONSIDERING CREATING NEW PROJECT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
- LAWMAKERS WANT DOE TO RANK REMAINING RISKS IN CLEANUP PROGRAM
- DOE MOVE ON U-233 TAKES TIME PRESSURE OFF TALKS WITH NEVADA
- FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS RAID OFFICE OF UCOR SUBCONTRACTOR
- CWI TO BEGIN ‘HOT STARTUP’ OF IDAHO SBWT FACILITY
- NEGOTIATIONS ON SWPF STARTUP UNDERWAY BETWEEN DOE, PARSONS
- WRPS EARNS $19 MILLION IN FEE FOR FY 2013
- URS ANNOUNCES NEW MGMT. CHANGES IN ITS GMOS UNIT
- DOE IN CONTRACT TALKS WITH FORMER PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL
- SENATE ENERGY PANEL AGAIN CLEARS DOE NOMINEES
- NEW CRACK IN SAVANNAH RIVER TANK RENEWS CALL FOR MORE FUNDS
- AT RIVER PROTECTION
- STATE REGULATORS PRESSURE DOE TO MOVE AHEAD ON MERCURY STORAGE SITE
- DOE MOVING AHEAD WITH OAK RIDGE SLUDGE BUILDOUT DESIGN CONTRACT
- SRS CONDUCTING ASSESSMENT AFTER COLD SNAP SHUT DOWN FACILITIES
- AT RICHLAND
- AT LOS ALAMOS
- WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS, IN DOE, IN THE INDUSTRY
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- REVIEW EXAMINES READINESS TO RESUME WORK ON WTP HLW FACILITY
- AFTER ACQUISITION, HII WILL OPERATE STOLLER AS SUBSIDIARY
- SHORT TERM CR COULD BE NEEDED AS APPROPRIATORS FINISH OMNIBUS
- SRNS EARNS 84 PERCENT OF FY’13 AWARD FEE
- ADMIN. RENOMINATES DOZENS, INCLUDING KEY DOE/NNSA PICKS
- SRR EARNS 95 PERCENT OF FY’13 AWARD FEE
- DOE RELEASES RFP FOR BUILDING 55 PROCUREMENT
- CHBWV EARNS 60 PERCENT OF AWARD FEE IN SECOND HALF OF FY ‘13
- ENERGYSOLUTIONS MAKES NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES
- DOE RELEASES FINAL RTP FOR NEW ETEC CONTRACT
- DOE MAKING PROGRESS ON CLOSING OPEN DNFSB RECOMMENDATIONS
- WRAP UP: IN THE DNFSB, IN MEMORIAM
- AT OAK RIDGE
- AT RICHLAND
- UK CONSORTIUM LAUNCHES WASTE TREATMENT RESEARCH EFFORT
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT RICHLAND
RECORD NUMBER OF BALD EAGLES COUNTED WC Monitor 1/17/2014 A record number of bald eagles have been counted at Hanford this winter, possibly attracted by the record salmon runs. Hanford scientists spotted 60 eagles during boat trips on the Columbia River in December, said Michael Sackschewski, an environmental scientist for Mission Support Alliance. During the […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
AT LOS ALAMOS
MTOA-2 TASK BIDDERS TO GET EXTRA TIME WC Monitor 1/17/2014 Los Alamos National Laboratory is providing an extra two weeks to prepare proposals to companies interested in bidding on a new task order being competed under the lab’s Master Task Order Agreement-2, which covers sorting, segregating, and repacking of drums containing transuranic (TRU) waste. Bids […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
WRAP UP: IN CONGRESS, IN DOE, IN THE INDUSTRY
WC Monitor 1/17/2014 IN CONGRESS Lawmakers are backing the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for the Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management in the omnibus spending bill for the remainder of this fiscal year unveiled this week. Under the bill, LM would receive approximately $177 million. Congress is expected to approve the […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
REVIEW EXAMINES READINESS TO RESUME WORK ON WTP HLW FACILITY
Preliminary Conclusions Highlight Design Concerns With Various Facility Systems Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/10/2014 As the Department of Energy gears up to begin resuming some long-paused activities at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant’s High-Level Waste Facility, a new review is highlighting design concerns with various facility systems that could impact how much work comes back online. […]
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Contracts & Procurement
AFTER ACQUISITION, HII WILL OPERATE STOLLER AS SUBSIDIARY
Mike Nartker WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Huntington Ingalls Industries late last week wrapped up its acquisition of S.M. Stoller in a move intended to help HII expand its role in the Department of Energy marketplace. Going forward, Stoller will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary under HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Division, which also includes Newport News […]
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Budget & PolicySHORT TERM CR COULD BE NEEDED AS APPROPRIATORS FINISH OMNIBUS
Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Congressional appropriators have largely wrapped up work on the Energy and Water portion of a planned omnibus spending bill for the remainder of the fiscal year, but there is growing sentiment among Capitol Hill aides that a short-term Continuing Resolution will be necessary to give lawmakers time to iron out […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SRNS EARNS 84 PERCENT OF FY’13 AWARD FEE
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the managing contractor for the Savannah River Site, earned 84 percent of its total available award fee in Fiscal Year 2013, earning about $47 million out of $56 million, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. The contractor did best in DOE Office […]
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Budget & Policy
ADMIN. RENOMINATES DOZENS, INCLUDING KEY DOE/NNSA PICKS
Committees Expected to Move Quickly on Already Cleared Noms, but Senate Floor Action Unclear Todd Jacobson WC Monitor 1/10/2014 The Obama Administration this week returned dozens of nominations to the Senate, including a handful of Department of Energy selections, and Senate committees began acting quickly to report out the nominations, with the Senate Armed Services Committee […]
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Contracts & Procurement
SRR EARNS 95 PERCENT OF FY’13 AWARD FEE
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 Savannah River Remediation, LLC, the liquid waste cleanup contractor for the Savannah River Site, earned 95 percent of its total available award fee in Fiscal Year 2013, or about $29.7 million out of $31.4 million, according to information the Department of Energy released this week. “SRR has provided safe, timely, […]
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Contracts & Procurement
DOE RELEASES RFP FOR BUILDING 55 PROCUREMENT
Kenneth Fletcher WC Monitor 1/10/2014 The Department of Energy this week released a final Request for Proposals for technical and administrative support services for Building 55 at the Denver Federal Center in Colorado. The fixed-price contract is being set aside for 8(a) small businesses, has an estimated value of $5-$10 million, and has an indefinite […]