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Staffing vacancies in key positions at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) have grown more acute, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report made public Tuesday. The office in charge of nuclear cleanup at Cold War and Manhattan Project sites “has become further understaffed since GAO reported on EM’s workforce challenges in July 2024,” GAO said. In July 2024, GAO reported that “EM’s levels of understaffing and workforce management challenges had caused schedule delays, cost overruns, and workplace accidents.” Total staff has decreased by 33% from fiscal 2023 through fiscal 2025, going from a headcount of 1,272 to 856, GAO said. This created an overall… |
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| Weapons Complex Morning Briefing |
Newhouse defends $2.8B Hanford funding level in committee proposal
While the House Appropriations Committee proposes to spend less in fiscal 2027 for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site than in fiscal 2026, or what was requested by the White House, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) said there is still enough… |
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| Weapons Complex Monitor |
Many EM sites get trimmed in House Apps bill
The full House Appropriations Committee voted 34-25 this week to approve about $7.7 billion for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management for fiscal 2027. That would be less than the $8.5 billion enacted by Congress for fiscal 2026… |
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| RadWaste & Materials Monitor |
NextEra to buy Dominion Energy; creating major nuke-owning power company
NextEra’s proposed purchase of Dominion Energy would create a nuclear power giant, with eight active plants between the utilities and a nith that might be restarted. NextEra said on Monday that it will purchase Dominion Energy for nearly $67 billion… |
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| Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
House Appropriations passes energy and water bill, includes less NNSA funds than Trump
The House Appropriations Committee passed 34-25 its version of a bill on Wednesday that would give $27 billion to the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for fiscal 2027. That number is $1.67 billion more than was… |
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