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Feds urge 9th Circuit to keep Hanford COVID vax policy in place
A federal judge in Eastern Washington, who twice allowed 314 employees at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site to amend their complaint over government COVID-19 vaccination requirements, was justified in dismissing the case, Justice Department attorneys told the Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals Dec. 23. Only seven of the plaintiffs in the David Donovan versus President Joe Biden case have their request for exemptions “conclusively resolved” and face any potential discipline for refusing to get vaccinated, the government lawyers said in a 79-page brief. The seven are all contractor employees, the Justice Department said. The other 300-plus plaintiffs, many of them Hanford security people, “face no immediate threat of injury,”…		 Upcoming Events

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Fifth Circuit rules in favor of states, finds Biden’s COVID-19 contractor order goes too far
In a majority opinion, a panel of judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found President Joe Biden overstepped his authority by using the Procurement Act to require virtually all federal contract workers be vaccinated against…
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WIPP, Hanford, procurement, workforce issues linger at EM in 2023
By way of disclaimer, Wall Street gurus like to caution that past performance cannot predict future results. Nevertheless, here are a few Exchange Monitor observations — let’s not call them predictions — about where things stand at the Department of…
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RadWaste Monitor
What to watch in 2023: Civilian nuclear waste management
Happy New Year, nuke-watchers, and welcome to 2023’s first issue of RadWaste Monitor, where we’ll take a look ahead at some of the issues looming for industry and government in the unfolding year. After months of back-and-forth, the Nuclear Regulatory…
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
The year ahead at the NNSA:competition for Pantex; stability at the sites; pits 
The National Nuclear Security Administration begins 2023 in search of a new industry partner at the Pantex Plant in Texas and the competition for that contract will be the first since the agency pledged to overhaul the structure of its…
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