Moab
The Moab, Utah, uranium mill tailings site where DOE is relocating a legacy pile of radioactive tailings away from the Colorado River.
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Cleanup & RemediationGrand County, Utah, Group to Seek More Moab UMTRA Funds
A delegation of local officials from Grand County, Utah, plans to travel to Washington, D.C., within the next month to promote increased cleanup funding for the Energy Department’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project. The group is expected to meet with members of Utah’s congressional delegation and Energy Department officials in February to […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
S&K Retains Moab UMTRA Tech Assistance Work
S&K Logistics Services will stay on as the technical assistance provider for the Department of Energy’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) project in Utah, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced last week. The Montana-based company won a five-year contract worth $20 million to $24.5 million, according to an Aug. 10 DOE EM […]
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Cleanup & RemediationProposed DOE EM Funding Increase Dwarfed by Cost of Taking Over NNSA Facilities
The $88 million top-line increase the Donald Trump administration proposed Tuesday for the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management in fiscal 2018 is two-and-a-half times less than the office would spend next year to start decontaminating disused nuclear-weapon facilities now owned by DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The administration’s new budget plan, if […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
S&K Secures $17.4M Tech Assistance Contract at Los Alamos
Montana-based S&K Logistics has secured a contract worth up to $17.4 million over five years to provide a host of technical and business assistance services for the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s Los Alamos Field Office. The field office oversees cleanup of legacy nuclear contamination and waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portage Earns ‘Good’ FY16 Rating for Moab UMTRA
Portage Inc. earned $1.1 million of its possible $1.5 million fiscal 2016 award fee as the prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) contract. It received a “good” rating for the year, according to DOE’s latest evaluation, reflecting that grade in three performance areas: project management; tailings excavation, […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portage Earns ‘Good’ FY16 Rating for Moab UMTRA
Portage Inc. earned $1.1 million of its possible $1.5 million fiscal 2016 award fee as the prime contractor for the Department of Energy’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) contract. It received an overall “good” rating for the year, reflecting that grade in three performance areas: project management; tailings excavation, haul, and disposal; and […]