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Anne White Out as DOE Nuclear Cleanup Office Boss, Sources Say
Anne Marie White is stepping down as head of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, multiple industry sources said Thursday afternoon. They linked her departure to friction with her immediate superior, Undersecretary of Energy for Science Paul Dabbar, exacerbated by concerns about radioactive contamination near a DOE facility in Ohio. White became assistant energy secretary for environmental management in March 2018, assuming control of a $7 billion operation to clean up 16 radioactively contaminated nuclear sites across the country. White is believed out of town for personal matters, and the Energy Department likely won’t announce anything until after the Memorial Day holiday, an industry source said. That source… |
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Locals Want Detail on New DOE Contamination Sampling Near Portsmouth
The U.S. Energy Department is conducting additional sampling to detect any radioactive contamination at a school near its Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio, while local officials seek to be kept in the loop. Energy Secretary Rick Perry dispatched a… |
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Officials in Ohio Consider Firms for Third-Party Sampling for Contamination Near Portsmouth
Officials in southern Ohio met Thursday to narrow the list of potential third-party contractors to sample for potential radioactive contamination at a middle school near the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site. The Pike County General Health District said Tuesday it is… |
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House Appropriators Reject FY20 Funding for Yucca Mountain
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday turned back an effort to resume licensing of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository as it approved legislation to fund the Department of Energy and other agencies for fiscal 2020. In the late minutes… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
House Committee's Proposed NNSA Budget for 2020 Whacks Pits, ICBM Warheads
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee this week approved legislation that would slow development of next-generation, nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with Department of Energy infrastructure that supports them. The next stop for the two bills — which passed essentially… |
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