Climate Policy & Regulation

Dems seek answers on Project Velocity changes at nuclear sites

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Senate and House Democratic appropriators are seeking answers from Secretary of Energy Chris Wright over Project Velocity, a DOE effort to revise operating directives at national laboratories and nuclear security sites.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Rep. Marcy…

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