ENERGY COMMUNITIES ALLIANCE
Building Nuclear Workforce Development Initiatives in Communities
SAVE THE DATE!
ECA is hosting a webinar on Monday, January 25th from 12:00 PM to 3:15 PM EST.
This webinar is the third in a series focused on outlining workforce development challenges across the DOE complex, what the current needs are, how best to prepare a workforce for the future, and how to apply lessons learned from successful workforce initiatives around the sites. This discussion will focus on how to work with DOE on existing and new workforce development goals, identifying the needs of
small businesses engaged in environmental management missions, and feature a case study of how communities and contractors are successfully addressing workforce development in Oak Ridge, TN.
Registration is free.
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NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
NNSA Fiscal Year 2020 M&O Performance Evaluation Summaries
NNSA | 1/14/2021
Every fiscal year (FY), the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) completes an assessment of our Management and Operating (M&O) partners’ effectiveness in meeting the performance expectations established in their annual Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan (PEMP). NNSA performance assessments are documented annually in a Performance Evaluation Report (PER), and award fee amounts are
documented in a Fee Determination Memorandum. This yearly evaluation process is an important part of NNSA’s contract management and is designed to ensure that the U.S. Government's needs are met by providing a clear set of goals and honest year-end assessment of progress.
Today, NNSA has posted Performance Evaluation Summaries (PES) for FY 2020, which feature an easy-to-read and transparent assessment scorecard for each lab and site assessment. The summaries include links to the corresponding contracts and the PEMPs. The award fee scorecards provide the same information documented in the Fee Determination Memorandums including the ratings earned in each of the six
performance evaluation goals, at-risk fees available for each, and the final fees awarded by goal. If there is an award term component to earn additional years on a contract, the scorecard also indicates if the award term requirement was met. Fixed fee and total fee summaries are also provided. Accomplishments and issues are listed for each M&O summary.
Below are links to the FY 2020 PES for each M&O partner.
HIGH LEVEL WASTE
High-Level Radioactive Waste Interpretation Limited Change to DOE Manual 435.1-1
DOE-EM | 1/12/2021
On January 12, 2021, DOE signed the following Federal Register Notices related to the HLW Interpretation that will be published shortly in the Federal Register:
The Department of Energy (Department or DOE) announces the availability of a limited change to DOE Manual 435.1-1, Radioactive Waste Management Manual, to formally incorporate the Department’s interpretation of the statutory definition of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). In support of that effort, DOE made an administrative change to DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management. The HLW
interpretation was described in the Supplemental Notice Concerning U.S. Department of Energy Interpretation of High-Level Radioactive Waste, published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2019 (Supplemental Notice). The revised Manual includes DOE’s interpretation of the statutory term HLW as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA), and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended (NWPA).
Read about DOE's High Level Waste Interpretation
Have questions about DOE’s recent high-level waste (HLW) interpretation? Download ECA’s Key Points and FAQs on the issue to better understand what ECA believes are the potential benefits of implementation.
Interested in learning more? Read the ECA report “Making Informed Decisions on DOE's Proposed High Level Waste Definition” at www.energyca.org/publications
Stay Current on Activities in the DOE World
Read the latest edition of the ECA Bulletin, a regular newsletter providing a detailed brief of ECA activities, legislative news, and major events from across the DOE complex. Have suggestions for future editions? Email bulletin@energyca.org.
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Learn More about Cleanup Sites with ECA's DOE Site Profiles
ECA's new site profiles detail DOE's 13 active Environmental Management cleanup sites and national laboratories, highlighting their history, missions, and priorities. The profiles are a key source for media, stakeholders, and the public to learn more about DOE site activities, contractors, advisory boards, and their surrounding local
governments.
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