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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
House Appropriations Clears $7.5B for DOE Nuclear Cleanup
The House Appropriations Committee on Monday approved its fiscal 2021 energy and water development bill, clearing the way for a vote by the full House later this month on the spending plan that would provide at least $7.5 billion for Energy Department nuclear cleanup. The Democrat-majority panel approved the spending package in a 31-20 vote along party lines, and congressional sources expect floor debate on the package during the week of July 27. In addition, the committee majority is proposing to add about $3 billion of additional nuclear cleanup money, variously referred to as infrastructure or emergency funds. Several major DOE Office of Environmental Management sites targeted for fiscal 2021… |
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Respirator Masks Ordered in April Now on Their Way to NNSA Sites
After some logistical and regulatory road bumps, an Atlanta-area small business has shipped nearly a quarter-million respirator masks to U.S. nuclear weapons sites, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). “All 225,000 masks have been shipped and are in… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Bill Funds Interim Storage, Not Yucca Mountain
The House Appropriations Committee on Monday threw its support behind the Trump administration’s new plan to develop interim storage of radioactive waste now held at commercial and government facilities around the nation. In a 30-21 party-line vote, the Democrat-majority panel… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
House Appropriators Back DOE Plan for Interim Storage of Nuclear Waste
The House Appropriations Committee on Monday threw its support behind the Trump administration’s new plan to develop interim storage of radioactive waste now held at commercial and government facilities around the nation. In a 30-21 party-line vote, the Democrat-majority panel… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
COVID-19 Cases at NNSA Up by 26 as Y-12 Worker Dies
An employee at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee died this week from COVID-19, as confirmed cases of the disease across the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) complex again shot up by double digits. The Y-12 worker “reportedly contracted… |
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