Cleanup & Remediation

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

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DOE Silent on Potential Actions Against Contractor
Mike Nartker
WC Monitor
9/19/2014
Hanford tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions is challenging a preliminary order from the Department of Labor to reinstate a former employee who has charged…

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

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

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

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

Congress Completes Work on FY 2015 Stop-Gap Funding Measure

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

Senate Confirms New DOE Deputy Secretary

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CH2M Hill Announces ‘Restructuring’ Plan, Including Workforce Reductions

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

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

The U.S. Capitol dome framed by trees with an overlay of paper currency, symbolizing federal budget appropriations.

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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