WC Monitor
9/19/2014
IN DOE
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will meet in late October in Augusta, Ga. to discuss the Department of Energy’s activities at the Savannah River Site. “Topics that will be discussed at the meeting include issues related to storage of DOE SNF at the L Basin at SRS, alternatives for dry storage of DOE SNF at SRS, processing of DOE SNF, and issues related to aging of the facilities involved in these operations,” the NWTRB said in a release. “The Board will also discuss vitrification of HLW and the storage of the vitrified waste, including production rates for HLW canisters and plans for a new vitrified waste storage facility.”
IN THE INDUSTRY
All pending legal challenges to AECOM’s planned acquisition of URS have been dismissed, according to a URS filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Beginning in late July, seven class action lawsuits were filed against the planned acquisition, and by Aug. 5, six of the suits had been voluntarily dismissed, according to the filing. On Sept. 3, the plaintiffs in the last pending case—Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 33 Cleveland District Pension Plan v. URS Corp—also filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. AECOM and URS expect to complete the acquisition in October, with the new combined company to begin operations in early 2015.
