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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Congress Approves $7.5B in DOE Nuclear Cleanup Funding Under Compromise 2020 Bill
A compromise budget passed by Congress this week would fund the U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management at almost $7.5 billion. President Donald Trump is expected today to sign the fiscal 2020 domestic priorities and international assistance minibus, which encompasses appropriations bills for a long list of federal agencies. The House approved the bill Tuesday and the Senate on Thursday, alongside a separate package for national security operations. The $7.5 billion for Energy Department nuclear cleanup operations is equal to the amount in the energy and water development bill that was approved in September by the Senate Appropriation Committee but never got a floor vote. It is well above… |
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Wrap Up: Veolia to Build Facility to Control Runoff from Portsmouth X-326 Building Demolition
Veolia has won a contract to build what it describes as a “water detention” facility at the U.S. Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. Veolia Nuclear Solutions-Federal Services said Tuesday that DOE vendor Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth has awarded it a subcontract… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Congress Blanks Yucca Mountain, Nuclear Waste Storage
Congress again provided no direct funding for nuclear waste storage or disposal in a massive fiscal 2020 appropriations bill that was waiting on President Donald Trump’s signature Friday afternoon. While the House and Senate had left little doubt they would… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
Most NNSA Nuke Programs Funded at or Above Request in Final 2020 Approps Package
The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration appears set to get all the money it wants for the current budget year, and a little more, including some $710 million to start work on a controversial two-state plutonium pit complex intended to… |
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