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In face of Coronavirus, DOE to Curb ‘Non-Essential’ Travel
While the Department of Energy is not yet restricting travel inside the United States in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), it is encouraging offices to “begin reducing non-essential domestic travel, as appropriate," according to a Friday memo. “We will look at this issue and provide additional guidance as needed,” the agency said in the travel guidance distributed Friday via a DOE email list and obtained by Weapons Complex Morning Briefing. Agency managers should review all large conferences or gatherings involving more than 30 people arriving from multiple locations that are planned for the next 60 days, according to the memo. But outright cancellation would require approval…		 Upcoming Events

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Weapons Complex Morning Briefing
NRC Considers Three-Year Schedule for Spent-Fuel Storage Inspections
A working group of staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has recommended downshifting the standard schedule for inspections of spent reactor fuel storage pads from roughly every two years to three years. That was the No. 1 recommendation in the…
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Energy Secretary Gets More Blowback on Proposed Hanford Cleanup Cuts
WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray (D) on Wednesday became the latest lawmaker from Washington state to chastise Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette for the deep budget cuts proposed for the Hanford Site in fiscal 2021. Funding for the two Energy Department…
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Energy Dept. Plans Procurement for Rad Waste Interim Storage Design
The Department of Energy plans to take bids on the design of a facility for interim storage of used reactor fuel from nuclear power plants, a senior official said Tuesday. Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Rita Baranwal discussed the upcoming…
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'Most Contentious' Nuclear Arms Modernization Debate Begins on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON — In the second week of 2021 budget hearings on Capitol Hill, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) eye-popping $20-billion request bled into a hearing about another agency and tractor-beamed appropriations leaders into subcommittees they sometimes ignore, lending credence…
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