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New Bosses Take Over at DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office
William “Ike” White will begin managing the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM) effective Monday. White for now is taking the title of senior adviser at EM, following the resignation of Anne Marie White about 15 months into her tenure as assistant energy secretary for environmental management. Ike White could eventually be named acting assistant secretary, but that could not happen before Anne White's resignation becomes official today, sources noted this week. Ike White is an old hand around the government nuclear complex, holding management posts at the semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, according to his federal biography. He most… |
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AECOM to Spin Off Government Contracting Branch
AECOM said Monday it plans next year to spin off its multibillion-dollar government contracting branch into a separate publicly traded company. The Board of Directors to the Los Angeles-based infrastructure multinational unanimously signed off on the separation, which is expected… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Error Led to Energy Department Under-Reporting of Portsmouth Rad Contamination
The Department of Energy acknowledged last week that a “minor miscalculation” by contractor Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth resulted in the under-reporting of doses of some radioactive contaminants for many years around the agency’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. That said, the radioactive dose… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
House Committee Rejects Another Shot at Yucca Mountain Funding
A House of Representatives committee on Tuesday turned back the latest legislative attempt to appropriate funds for licensing the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. A bipartisan group of five lawmakers proposed to provide $15 million via an… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
House Armed Services Committee Approves 2020 NDAA Following Fireworks Over Low-Yield Warhead
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday approved its version of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act after about 18 hours of debate. The House committee's annual defense policy bill, now headed to the House floor, authorizes about $15.8 billion… |
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