The Government Accountability Office (GAO) cranked out reports this week on the Department of Energy nuclear complex. Here is a glimpse at two of the congressional watchdog’s latest reports:
A report on streamlining project management at national labs and nuclear sites was made public Thursday. DOE and its semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) oversees 16 contractor-owned labs and nuclear complex sites. But the department is limiting independent reviews into the $65-billion construction portfolio. But GAO fears this might diminish confidence in cost estimates.
Total cleanup costs of the Moab uranium mill site in Utah could amount to $1.16 billion GAO said in a July 15 report. More than 16 million tons of uranium mill tailings have been removed from the site near the Colorado River and disposed of in an engineered landfill. The project should be completed in 2029. Eventually, responsibility for the site will pass from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management to the Office of Legacy Management.
While there is a “remote” chance the full House of Representatives could vote on the fiscal 2027 Energy & Water Appropriations bil next week, it is more likely that the measure won’t be taken up until September, a key House Appropriator said Wednesday.
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn) who chairs the House Appropriations Energy & Water Subcommittee, made the remarks in Washington, D.C. before the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus forum on isotopes.
In May, the House Appropriations Committee passed the bill 34-25. The bill, which must still be voted upon by the full House, would fund the DOE Office of Environmental Management at $7.7 billion, less than the $8.5 billion enacted by Congress for fiscal 2026. The House is scheduled to go on recess at the end of July and stay out for most of August. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30.
Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS), prime contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), issued a request for information and expression of interest to help develop procurement strategy for fire suppression system services.
The pre-solicitation notice seeks industry feedback to help shape a future contract supporting the full life cycle of fire suppression systems at the NNSS in Mercury, Nev., the North Las Vegas Facility and the Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis at Nellis Air Force Base. According to the notice, MSTS is conducting market research to assess industry capabilities, maximize competition and refine a contracting approach that balances service quality with risk management. Responses from interested vendors are due Aug. 11.
The anticipated scope of work spans inspection, testing and maintenance of fire suppression systems, as well as architect-engineer and fire protection engineering design services. The future procurement is also expected to include design-build modernization, modification and construction projects, suggesting MSTS is seeking a contractor or contractors capable of supporting both routine maintenance and larger infrastructure upgrades.
After a year of floating around the idea of going public, Holtec International officially filed its registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to start the process.
The Form S-1, which is required by the SEC for domestic companies to submit to offer public offerings, was on July 10, but has not become effective yet, Holtec said in a Tuesday press release.
The company plans to list its Class A common stock under the ticker symbol “HNUC” on the NASDAQ Stock Market and NASDAQ Texas.
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frederick Roegge has joined Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Mission Technologies division as vice president of operations for its Nuclear and Environmental team, the company announced Tuesday.
In the role, Roegge will oversee the company’s subsidiary HII Nuclear’s management and operation of Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration sites, as well as the execution of complex production and environmental remediation projects. He also will help leverage the company’s “decades of nuclear fabrication experience” to support government and commercial nuclear initiatives, according to a Tuesday press release by HII.