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BWXT team’s Hanford proposal ‘clearly superior,’ had ‘significant’ personnel advantage over Atkins team, judge’s opinion shows
The Department of Energy believes the winner of a fiercely litigated, $45-billion Hanford Site liquid waste contract trumped its rival’s technical approach to a decade-spanning cleanup program and picked better people to do the job, a legal opinion unsealed this week shows. The opinion by Judge Marian Horn in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims is part of a bid-protest lawsuit that was all but over by Aug. 28, when Horn orally issued a ruling upholding DOE’s February re-award of the Hanford work to the BWX Technologies-led group, Hanford Tank Waste Operations and Closure (H2C). The suit is the second filed over the Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract since May 2023 by… |
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Holtec asks judge to throw out New York’s radwaste discharge law
As part of a suit filed in April against New York, Holtec International this week asked a federal judge to void a state law that prohibits a company subsidiary from discharging irradiated water from the decommissioning of a nuclear-plant into… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Missouri seeks law “mitigating” risks from legacy nuclear-weapons; forms special committee
Two years after a St. Louis-area school was closed following reports of radioactive contamination, Missouri lawmakers are laying groundwork for new state laws about risks from legacy nuclear-weapons. Missouri House Speaker Rep. Dean Plocher (R) announced the formation of the… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Wyoming legislative committee adopts draft bill to enable interim storage of spent fuel
A joint interim committee of the Wyoming legislature on Tuesday adopted a draft bill that would allow for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel in the state. The state legislature’s joint interim Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee voted… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
NNSA, antis, get more time to negotiate agreement after agency loses pit lawsuit
A judge Monday granted an extension for parties involved in a three year-old lawsuit against the Department of Energy to reach a compromise, a court document shows. The new due date for a joint proposal by both parties is Oct.… |
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