Budget & Policy

The Department of Energy’s defense nuclear programs would be largely untouched if the bipartisan deal to cut federal spending and extend the U.S. borrowing limit becomes law. The deal cleared a major hurdle Tuesday evening when the House Rules Committee voted 7-4 to allow the bill, the “Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,” to advance to […]

Mark Menezes, who was deputy secretary of energy under President Donald Trump, will become the United States Energy Association’s new president and chief executive officer, the organization said Friday. Menezes will become the top boss at the U.S. Energy Association (USEA) June 15, replacing acting executive director Sheila Hollis, who has led the group since […]

Mark Menezes, who was deputy secretary of energy under President Donald Trump, will become the United States Energy Association’s new president and chief executive officer, the organization said last week. Menezes will become the top boss at the U.S. Energy Association (USEA) June 15, replacing acting executive director Sheila Hollis, who has led the group […]

President Joe Biden (R) on Sunday signed legislation that would cut much non-defense federal spending over the next two fiscal years in exchange for extending U.S. borrowing authority. The Senate passed the bill on Thursday, averting a U.S. default on its debt payments. Biden negotiated the terms of the deal with the Speaker of the House […]

President Joe Biden (R) on Sunday signed legislation that would cut much non-defense federal spending over the next two fiscal years in exchange for extending U.S. borrowing authority. The Senate passed the bill on Thursday, averting a U.S. default on its debt payments. Biden negotiated the terms of the deal with the Speaker of the House […]

The House on Wednesday evening easily passed legislation that would cut much non-defense federal spending over the next two years in exchange for extending U.S. money-borrowing authority. For fiscal year 2024, the “Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,” would cap defense discretionary spending roughly at President Joe Biden’s (D) requested level of about $886 billion. That […]

The Department of Energy’s defense nuclear programs would be largely untouched if the bipartisan deal to cut federal spending and extend the U.S. borrowing limit becomes law. The deal cleared a major hurdle Tuesday evening when the House Rules Committee voted 7-4 to allow the bill, the “Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,” to advance to […]

Mark Menezes, who was deputy secretary of energy under President Donald Trump, will become the United States Energy Association’s new president and chief executive officer, the organization said Friday. Menezes will become the top boss at the U.S. Energy Association (USEA) June 15, replacing acting executive director Sheila Hollis, who has led the group since […]

On the last day of its session, the Illinois legislature exempted advanced nuclear reactors from a state ban on new nuclear power plants. The state House on May 19 approved a bill lifting the ban by 84-22 and the state Senate voted 36-14 to go along with their House colleagues. The second House-amended version of Senate […]

The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said Monday.  Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and House Republican leadership, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the appropriations committee, said all markups scheduled for the week are now postponed. “Given recent developments […]

Jessie Hill Roberson, a fixture in the public and private sectors of the nuclear field for more than 30 years, plans to exit the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board this October when her latest term expires, a board spokesperson said Monday. The exit of the longtime nuclear hand could, temporarily at least, leave only two […]

Butte County, Idaho has already tried and failed to convince federal courts the locality is entitled to “impact payments” because of ongoing storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, according to Justice Department legal papers filed Monday. “Plaintiff already tested—and lost—its theory that it was entitled to impact assistance […]

The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said this week.  Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and House Republican leadership, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the appropriations committee, said all markups scheduled for the week are now postponed. “Given recent […]

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would ban imports of Russian uranium by 2028, sending the measure to the House floor. Most Democrats on the committee opposed H.R. 1042, which passed by a vote of 29-21. In testimony to the committee this month, Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of energy, […]

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Jessie Hill Roberson, a fixture in the public and private sectors of the nuclear field for more than 30 years, plans to exit the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board this October when her latest term expires, a board spokesperson said Monday. The exit of the longtime nuclear hand could, temporarily at least, leave only two […]

The House Appropriations Committee postponed markups of several fiscal year 2024 spending bills with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairwoman said Monday.  Citing ongoing negotiations between the administration and House Republican leadership, Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), who chairs the appropriations committee, said all markups scheduled for the week are now postponed. “Given recent developments […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 22: Meeting: The Environmental Management Advisory Board holds a hybrid meeting starting at 3 p.m. Eastern Time.  24: Observation Meeting, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “ Meeting with Holtec Decommissioning International” to discuss with the NRC staff their […]

Meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first of the only two nuclear weapons deployed in wartime, leaders of the Group of Seven nations reaffirmed a commitment to rid the world of nuclear weapons.  Along with the city of Nagasaki, Hiroshima “offers a reminder of the unprecedented devastation and immense human suffering the people […]

House and Senate panels this week approved bans on importing Russian uranium, with Senators calling for a quicker end to the practice than their House colleagues. It was uncertain this week what prospects the differing bills had for reconciliation, or whether President Joe Biden (D), whose secretary of energy has cautioned that the U.S. cannot […]

A Senate committee unanimously voted Wednesday to ban imports of Russian uranium and to require a report from the Department of Energy about the cost of a federal bailout for struggling nuclear power plants. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the ban and the report as part of S. 452, the Nuclear Fuel […]

Legislation to encourage domestic production of nuclear fuel are on the move this week in Congress, and the movement began Tuesday in House subcommittee, which easily passed a bill to prohibit imports of Russian uranium by Jan. 1, 2028. Summing up Republican sentiment H.R. 1042, the “Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act,” Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week 15: Meeting: The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board meetings in public session starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time in a session being held at Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd | North Charleston, […]

The House Armed Services Committee postponed its markup of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairman said Tuesday.  Without giving a reason for the delay, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) just five days after announcing the markup schedule for the various subcommittees, said the entire process would be pushed […]

In a Tuesday hearing about his nomination to a third term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Republican Senators painted Commissioner Jeffrey Baran as an impediment to nuclear progress. However, none of the Republicans who questioned Baran in his Wednesday nomination hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee said they would oppose his nomination. […]

The U.S. Department of Labor invited both current and former nuclear-weapons workers to Richland, Wash., near the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, to discuss eligibility for occupational illness benefits. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act outreach session will be held at 9 a.m. Pacific Time at the Holiday Inn Richland, according to a […]

In a Tuesday hearing about his nomination to a third term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Republican Senators painted Commissioner Jeffrey Baran as an impediment to nuclear progress. However, none of the Republicans who questioned Baran in his Wednesday nomination hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee said they would oppose his nomination.  […]

The House Armed Services Committee postponed its markup of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act with no rain-check date given, the panel’s chairman said Tuesday.  Without giving a reason for the delay, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) just five days after announcing the markup schedule for the various subcommittees, said the entire process would be pushed […]

A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee plans a hearing this week to question White House priorities on the Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal 2024. The energy, climate, & grid security subcommittee will hear testimony from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on May 11, according to […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 08: Earnings call: BWX Technologies will discuss its first quarter 2023 financial results in a conference call with Wall Street analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.  09: Quarterly earnings call. Centrus Corp. The company, working on […]