Budget & Policy

The Department of Energy is looking for someone to directly oversee the agency’s efforts to find a willing host for a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, according to a press release this week. DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy is seeking “highly qualified candidates” to become director of the agency’s Office of Integrated […]

Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) will continue as the chair and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee in the 118th Congress, the committee announced Tuesday. Among the subcommittee rank-and-file, there were only two changes. Democrats effectively expanded their Senate majority by one after November’s midterm elections, so the […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 08: Meeting: The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board for Oak Ridge holds a hybrid meeting starting at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. To attend virtually, please email to: orssab@orem.doe.gov no later than 5 p.m. […]

A Colorado Republican will chair the House Armed Services subcommittee in charge of Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, the full committee’s new chairman announced recently. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) will lead the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, which aside from setting policy and spending limits for the entire National Nuclear Security Administration every […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration stonewalled some requests for classified information by Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the board said in a congressionally mandated report. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) made a pair of classified-information requests with a Nov. 18 delivery date, but as of Jan. 19, “the board has not yet received […]

There will be some churn in the 118th Congress among staff on the House Armed Services Committee, which sets policy and spending limits for Department of Energy nuclear-weapons programs, according to documents the committee published Wednesday. Christopher Vieson will be the top committee hand at Armed Services for the new Republican majority, according to a […]

The congressman representing a west Texas community that could one day play host to an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel nabbed an assignment on the House’s primary nuclear-waste policy committee. Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), who represents the Lone Star State’s 11th district, was assigned Jan. 11 to the House Energy and Commerce Committee […]

There will be some churn in the 118th Congress among staff on the House Armed Services Committee, which sets policy and spending limits for Department of Energy nuclear-weapons programs, according to documents the committee published Wednesday. Christopher Vieson will be the top committee hand at Armed Services for the new Republican majority, according to a list […]

There will be some churn in the 118th Congress among staff on the House Armed Services Committee, which sets policy and spending limits for Department of Energy nuclear-weapons programs, according to documents the committee published Wednesday. Christopher Vieson will be the top committee hand at Armed Services for the new Republican majority, according to a […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration stonewalled some requests for classified information by Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the board said in a congressionally mandated report. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) made a pair of classified-information requests with a Nov. 18 delivery date, but as of Jan. 19, “the board has not yet received […]

A Colorado Republican will chair the House Armed Services subcommittee in charge of Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs, the full committee’s new chairman announced recently. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) will lead the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, which aside from setting policy and spending limits for the entire National Nuclear Security Administration every […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. January 31: Meeting: The National Academies’ Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board holds two days of hybrid meetings starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time on its review of the continued analysis of supplemental treatment of Low-Activity Waste […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 23: Meeting: The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board kicks off a two-day meeting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The second day (Jan. 24) will start at 9 a.m. The sessions are being held at the […]

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) will chair the appropriations subcommittee that writes the first draft of the Department of Energy’s annual spending bill, the full committee confirmed this week. Fleischmann takes the gavel of the House Appropriations energy and water subcommittee from Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who now will chair the House Appropriations interior and environment […]

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) will chair the appropriations subcommittee that writes the first draft of the Department of Energy’s annual spending bill, the full committee confirmed Monday. Fleischmann takes the gavel of the House Appropriations energy and water subcommittee from Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who now will chair the House Appropriations interior and environment subcommittee. […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 18: Meeting: A hybrid meeting of the Nevada National Security Site Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board starts at 4 p.m. Pacific Time. To attend virtually, email board administration Barbara Ulmer by 4 p.m. P.T. on Jan. […]

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), a dependable ally of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex, is in the mix to lead the influential appropriations committee that writes the first drafts of DOE’s annual budget, a source said. Fleischmann, who since 2011 has represented Tennessee’s largely rural third district […]

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish on Monday Jan. 16, 2023 in observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), a dependable ally of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex, is in the mix to lead the influential appropriations committee that writes the first drafts of DOE’s annual budget, a source said. Fleischmann, who since 2011 has represented Tennessee’s largely rural third district […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 11: Meeting: The National Academies’ Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board holds a virtual meeting starting at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on its review of the continued analysis of supplemental treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Department […]

The 118th Congress that began this week was set to bring with it a few changes to Congressional representation for the states, regions and cities hosting Department of Energy nuclear-weapon sites. In the Senate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), an author with no political experience and an avowed ally of former President Donald Trump (R) succeeded […]

The fiscal 2023 omnibus budget that the 117th Congress passed just before adjourning before Christmas includes $20 million for replacement of a middle school that closed in May 2019 due to concern over radiological contamination from the Department of Energy’s adjacent Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio. The $20 million toward replacement of the Zahns Corner […]

The 118th Congress that began Tuesday was set to bring with it a few changes to Congressional representation for the states, regions and cities hosting Department of Energy nuclear-weapon sites. In the Senate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), an author with no political experience and an avowed ally of former President Donald Trump (R) succeeded the […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 05: Meeting: The Portsmouth Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board meets at 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish on Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of the New Year’s holiday.

Congress passed and President Joe Biden (D) on Friday signed an appropriations bill that sets the Department of Energy’s fiscal year 2023 budget at $46.2 billion and provides year-over-year raises for nuclear weapons and nuclear-weapons cleanup programs that exceed the White House’s request. The bill also provides close to the requested funding for civilian nuclear […]

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish on Wednesday, Dec. 28 or Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of the New Year’s holiday.

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board could be left without a quorum within 10 months if President Joe Biden fails to nominate and win Senate approval of at least one individual before the term ends for a long-serving member. It increasingly appears 2022 will draw to a close without the White House nominating anyone to […]

Thanks to emergency funding from Congress, the Department of Energy’s civilian nuclear power program will get about what the White House asked for in 2023 under a proposed spending plan approved by congressional appropriators this week. The Senate voted 68-to-29 Thursday to  adopt the full-year appropriations bill, which then went to the House for a […]

The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch would see its annual budget increase to nearly $8.3 billion, or $359 million than the $7.9 billion it received during fiscal 2022, under an omnibus 2023 spending bill released Tuesday and passed by the Senate Thursday. It’s the same figure the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended this summer and […]