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The Department of Energy’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said last week it is preparing a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) for producing the fissile cores of the nation’s nuclear weapons, or plutonium pit production. As part of the environmental review, required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), NNSA must open the review to public comment. Any interested parties such as individuals, tribes, public interest groups, businesses, and local elected representatives can submit comments on the draft for NNSA consideration. Comments are open until midnight on July 16, and can include written or verbal comments at one of the five in-person public scoping hearings, two of which including… |
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| Weapons Complex Morning Briefing |
Wright: DOE got responses from 28 states for nuclear hubs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has received 28 responses from states following DOE’s request for information for the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program. During a Wednesday House Appropriations… |
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| Weapons Complex Monitor |
Wright says Hanford budget haircut won’t slow ongoing glass making
The Department of Energy’s $8.2-billion fiscal 2027 request for its nuclear cleanup branch, which includes a budget cut for the Hanford Site in Washington state, would not affect solidification of less radioactive tank waste, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told… |
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| RadWaste & Materials Monitor |
EnergySec touts DOE nuclear energy loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said during a House hearing this week that the Department of Energy will lean on its Office of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing once again to help fund new advanced nuclear… |
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| Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
EnergySec: Los Alamos “actually manufacturing pits,” goal of 100 in admin, 80 per year by 2030
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright confirmed Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has “just begun” pit production in testimony Wednesday to the House Appropriations Energy and Water subcommittee on the fiscal 2027 budget request for the Department of Energy.… |
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