Department of Energy

The U.S. Energy Department has committed to remediation of existing landfills and plumes at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Ohio, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said following a Feb. 23 meeting with stakeholders. Officials in the nearby village of Piketon have raised concerns over such contaminated areas inside the Perimeter Road in connection with […]

The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it will begin the bidding process for the new Savannah River Site management and operations (M&O) contract by May 1. In an online announcement, DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center said that, within 30 to 60 days, it would issue a draft request for proposals (RFP) to kick off the […]

BWX Technologies President and CEO Rex Geveden sounded confident Wednesday that a partnership led by his company will retain a 10-year contract for liquid waste management at the Energy Department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina – even after the Government Accountability Office upheld a competitors’ protest against the deal. In a redacted version of […]

Lynchburg, Va.-based BWX Technologies, a major Energy Department contractor, said Tuesday it earned $430 million in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2017, a 6.5 percent increase over the $404 million it took in during the same period in 2017. BWXT said its revenue for the full year was $1.69 billion for 2017, an 8.8 […]

Mission Support Alliance (MSA) has earned its highest award fee since it became the Hanford Site’s services contractor in 2009. The Department of Energy announced late Monday it was awarding MSA $20.4 million, or about 94 percent of the maximum $21.7 million available for fiscal 2017. That was more than the $19.2 million, or 91 […]

A public meeting is planned for March 14 in Richland, Wash., on permit changes to support the Department of Energy’s plan to stabilize the second waste tunnel at the Hanford Site PUREX Plant. It also will cover actions already taken to stabilize the first tunnel at the plant. After the older of two tunnels storing […]

Colorado-based engineering firm Merrick & Co. announced Tuesday it has selected a familiar face to lead its Nuclear Services & Technology (NST) unit. Effective April 1, Merrick Vice President Scott Gustafson will become business unit lead for the NST team. Gustafson will replace John Buckle, who will become a part-time consultant to the firm. In […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled a nomination hearing Thursday for two Trump administration picks to lead the Energy Department’s nuclear cleanup and nuclear nonproliferation operations. The Senate panel will take testimony from Brent Park, nominated as deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation at DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, and Anne Marie White, […]

The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) says the final request for proposals for construction of the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility at Oak Ridge, Tenn., could come any time now. The office said in a Feb. 6 procurement notice the final RFP could be issued within 15 to 45 days. One-on-one meetings […]

Following a Friday meeting with stakeholders, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said the U.S. Energy Department has committed to remediation of existing landfills and plumes at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio. Concerns over the areas in the vicinity of Perimeter Road have been one of the issues cited by officials in the village of […]

The U.S. Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has improved its emergency planning and preparation, but work remains to correct shortcomings identified in a 2016 report, according to a newly released report from DOE’s internal watchdog. The Office of Emergency Management Assessments, within the department’s independent Office of Enterprise Assessments (EA), studied […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee had yet to schedule a hearing to consider the nomination of Anne Marie White to be assistant secretary of energy for environmental management as of close of business Friday. Sources have said the panel could conduct its nomination hearing as early as March 1. White cleared the Senate Energy and […]

A federal judge has rescheduled the bench trial in the Hanford Site chemical vapors safety lawsuit for a ninth time. Judge Thomas Rice, of U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington, most recently pushed back the trial date from Nov. 26, 2018, to Feb. 5, 2019. Deadlines in the case also have been extended by about […]

None of the 21 drone sightings in 2016 at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina resulted in any significant findings, according to Department of Energy documents recently released via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In some cases, what employees saw might not have even been a drone, the records indicate. In November 2016, […]

Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries said Wednesday that Michael Smith will become president of subsidiary Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) effective immediately. Smith has been Huntington Ingalls’ executive vice president for strategy and development. In his new post, Smith will report to Michael Lempke, president of Huntington Ingalls’ nuclear and environmental group. As president of SN3, […]

The watchdog organization Hanford Challenge said this week it found traces of radioactive americium in the engine filters of two employee vehicles that had been parked at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. The vehicles had previously been checked at Hanford and declared clean in the wake of a radioactive contamination spread from the plant […]

The U.S. Department of Energy and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are accepting public comments through April 23 on environmental implications of the next phase of cleanup planned for the West Valley Demonstration Project (NVDP) in Ashford, N.Y. The state and federal agencies issued a notice of intent Wednesday in […]

Fluor is looking for additional business opportunities within the Energy Department’s Cold War cleanup complex, Chairman and CEO David Seaton said Tuesday. “We are looking at the Hanford liquid waste contract that is coming up for rebid this year,” Seaton said during a regular quarterly earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts. He did not […]

SNC-Lavalin President and CEO Neil Bruce on Thursday praised the early benefits of his company’s acquisition of British engineering rival Atkins, which he called “the largest and most transformative in our history.” The Montreal-based infrastructure and engineering company in July 2017 completed its $3.6 billion (CAN) deal for Atkins, a significant player in cleanup of […]

The chief executive at French waste and water management company Veolia on Thursday hinted at additional acquisitions in the corporate segment that encompasses its nuclear services business line. “[A]s in 2017, growth in 2018 will be complemented by some targeted acquisitions, for example, in the following areas: plastics recycling, energy efficiency, or hazardous waste treatment,” […]

The U.S. Energy Department failed to “reasonably evaluate the viability” of the technical approach put forth by the winning bidder for a $4.7 billion contract for liquid waste services at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to a redacted version of the Government Accountability Office ruling on protests against the procurement award. The […]

The U.S. Department of Energy and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) are accepting public comments through April 23 on environmental implications of the next phase of cleanup planned for the West Valley Demonstration Project (NVDP) in Ashford, N.Y. The state and federal agencies issued a notice of intent Wednesday in […]

Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries said Wednesday that Michael Smith will become president of subsidiary Stoller Newport News Nuclear (SN3) effective immediately. Smith has been Huntington Ingalls’ executive vice president for strategy and development. In his new post, Smith will report to Michael Lempke, president of Huntington Ingalls’ nuclear and environmental group. As president of SN3, […]

Fluor is looking for additional business opportunities within the Energy Department’s Cold War cleanup complex, Chairman and CEO David Seaton said Tuesday. “We are looking at the Hanford liquid waste contract that is coming up for rebid this year,” Seaton said during a regular quarterly earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts. He did not […]

An article in Wednesday’s edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing incorrectly reported funding for headquarters operations for the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management would be reduced under the 2019 budget request. The line item cited in the article represents a limited set of activities within the office, including mission support. The Office of […]

Fluor, one of the larger players in the U.S. Energy Department’s Cold War nuclear cleanup business, said Tuesday it took in $19.5 billion in revenue during 2017, a small step up from $19 billion recorded for 2016. Fluor said in a press release   it collected just over $5 billion in revenue for fourth-quarter 2017, an incremental […]

South Carolina should withdraw one of its two plutonium removal lawsuits – each seeking $100 million from the federal government – in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (CFC) and amend the other suit to seek the full $200 million, a judge recommended late last week. Doing so would resolve the Energy Department’s complaint that […]

The watchdog organization Hanford Challenge says it found traces of radioactive americium in the engine filters of two employee vehicles that had been parked at the Hanford Site’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. The vehicles had previously been checked at Hanford and declared clean in the wake of a radioactive contamination spread from the plant demolition site, […]

Dallas-based Fluor, one of the major contractors for the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management, will hold its fourth-quarter earnings call at 5:30 p.m. Eastern today. Then, on Thursday, Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin will release its latest quarterly earnings report and host its own investor conference call. Fluor will issue its results shortly after the market closes […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries, the military shipbuilder which is also the parent company of Savannah River Site contractor Stoller Newport News Nuclear, used its quarterly earnings call last week to tout the success of a SN3-BWX Technologies joint venture in landing a cleanup contract in December. “[T]he team secured a key win as a part of […]