Cleanup & Remediation

Wrap Up: Ex-AECOM WIPP Manager Moves to Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

By Photo of Staff Reports

AECOM has named Bruce Covert as deputy general manager at the Waste Treatment Completion Co., based at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state.
Waste Treatment Completion Co. is a joint venture formed by Bechtel and AECOM in January 2017 that…

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AECOM-Led Joint Venture Wins Potential $10 Billion Hanford Cleanup Contract

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Compromise NDAA Seeks Financial Data on Energy Dept. Nuclear Cleanup Milestones

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NDAA Rebuffs DOE High-Level Waste Changes in Washington State

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Energy Dept. IG Pans Bechtel Performance at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

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Waste Control Specialists to Store Mercury Under DOE Contract

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Energy Dept. Takes Steps to Fix Radioactive Waste Shipments Error

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DNFSB Members Would Leave After Terms End Under NDAA

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Los Alamos Shipments to WIPP Held Up Temporarily Over Combustion Risk

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DOE Highlights Cleanup Advances at Los Alamos

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Potential Shutdown Would Not Stop DNFSB Inspections

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Pentagon Manager Becoming DOE Cleanup Office Chief of Staff

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Walden’s Congressional Seat Drawing Interest

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Companies to Extract Cancer Treatment Research Materials From Oak Ridge Waste

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Washington State, Energy Dept. At Odds Over Access to Data

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