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Trump Tries Again to Fund Yucca Mountain
The Trump administration this week again proposed to fund resumption of licensing for the long-planned, long-delayed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. The state’s congressional delegation immediately pushed back against the latest White House budget plan, reminding President Donald Trump that he suggested last fall he would oppose the disposal facility. The Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission, respectively the applicant and adjudicator for the license, together requested just over $154 million for the federal 2020 fiscal year. That is down by more than $10 million from their last proposals for interim storage and permanent disposal of radioactive waste – nearly all of which would have gone for…		 Upcoming Events

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DOE Budget Would Slash Hanford Cleanup Funding, Boost Savannah River
The Department of Energy is proposing a $417 million cut to funding for environmental remediation at the Hanford Site in Washington state, while boosting spending for liquid waste management at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina by $91 million.…
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Savannah River Liquid Waste Vendor Set for 18-Month Extension
The Department of Energy will keep the current liquid waste management vendor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina on the job for an additional 18 months, a move that comes about two weeks after it canceled plans for…
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RadWaste Monitor
Senate Staffer, DNFSB Member Said Considered for NRC Nomination
A Senate Appropriations Committee staffer and former Department of Energy nuclear fuel cycle specialist confirmed this week he is being considered for nomination to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. An informed source said Christopher Hanson is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s…
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
NNSA Seeks $16.5B for 2020; Includes More Low-Yield Warhead Work
The White House is seeking $16.5 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for fiscal 2020: a roughly 8-percent increase from just over $15 billion in 2019 that, a senior Department of Energy official said this week, includes more…
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