ECA Update: DOE Completes Soil Cleanup at Los Alamos Sites; DOE to release draft bid request for Hanford; & more

Published: Mon, 08/07/17

ECA UPDATE
Aug 7, 2017
FEATURED
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
DOE Completes Soil Cleanup At Los Alamos Canyon Sites
Los Alamos Daily Post | August 5, 2017

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) have completed the removal of contaminated soil along the south-facing slopes of Los Alamos Canyon adjacent to the Los Alamos Townsite.
 
The contaminated soil was primarily associated with legacy outfalls and surface disposal from the Manhattan Project and early Cold War research and site management activities.
 
“Removal of the contaminated soil at these two sites is a final step in our remediation activities within and around the Los Alamos Townsite. LANS and their subcontractors did a wonderful job planning and safely addressing these sites.  As always in the Townsite, the nearby property owners were instrumental in enabling the cleanups to occur,” EM-LA Program Manager Cheryl Rodriguez said.

 
CONTRACTING & ACQUISITION
DOE to release draft bid request for major Hanford contract this month
Tri-City Herald | August 3, 2017

The Department of Energy plans to issue a draft request for bids for a sitewide services contract for the Hanford nuclear reservation by the end of August.

The new contract would replace the one held by Mission Support Alliance, which expires May 25, 2019. Mission Support Alliance employs about 1,900 people and holds a 10-year contract valued at about $3 billion.

The new contract would include security and emergency services, land management, information technology, management of the HAMMER training center, and infrastructure maintenance and upgrades, including for electric service, water and roads.

IN OTHER NEWS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Aug 8   WIPP Strategic Planning Workshop; Albuquerque, NM

Aug 8-9   Intermountain Energy Summit; Idaho Falls, ID

Aug 16-17   ECA Peer Exchange: Implementation of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park; Richland, WA (invitation only)

Sept 5   Congress returns from August recess

Sept 5-7   Radwaste Summit; Summerlin, NV

Sept 12-14   2017 National Cleanup Workshop; Alexandria, VA

Sept 13   House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus Event; Washington, DC

Sept 30   FY 2017 ends

Oct 1   FY 2018 begins