Cleanup & Remediation

Reviews Find Need for Additional Resources at Several Sites to Address Maintenance Concerns

By Photo of Mike Nartker

Mike Nartker and Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
9/19/2014
Contractors at several Department of Energy sites are facing growing maintenance needs that could disrupt cleanup efforts if not addressed, according to a set of assessments DOE recently provided to WC Monitor.…

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Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

LANL Director Emphasizes Advantages of Keeping Cleanup Work in Contract

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

SPRU Schedule Slips Once Again

A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.

DOE Approves New SWPF Baseline, Cost Increase Nears $1 Billion

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Congress Completes Work on FY 2015 Stop-Gap Funding Measure

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Senate Confirms New DOE Deputy Secretary

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CH2M Hill Announces ‘Restructuring’ Plan, Including Workforce Reductions

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

WRPS Challenges Dept. of Labor Order to Reinstate Former Employee Who Alleged Retaliation

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Oak Ridge Working Around Storage Issues During WIPP Shutdown

A tunnel boring machine operating inside an underground rock-salt mine tunnel.

‘Unique Combination’ Of Materials in Breached WIPP Drum Found in Second Container

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DOE Moving Forward With New Contract to Manage NRC-Licensed Facilities at Idaho

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Senate Absent From Strategic Forces ‘Pre-Conference’ NDAA Talks

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ConverDyn Moves for Summary Judgment in Uranium Transfer Case

A worker in safety gear inspecting large concrete storage modules built to hold spent nuclear fuel containers.

At River Protection

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Richland

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

At Oak Ridge

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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