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FEATURED UNLOCKED ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
DOE Cleanup Nominee 'Got Off Pretty Easy' in Armed Services Confirmation Hearing, Chairman Says
WASHINGTON — At the end of a roughly two-hour hearing that focused for only a few minutes on the Department of Energy’s $6.5-billion-a-year Cold War nuclear cleanup operation, no senator indicated any opposition to the White House’s pick to lead the program. Anne Marie White “got off pretty easy," Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), acting chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said moments before he adjourned a nomination hearing in which White testified alongside another Department of Energy nuclear nominee and the administration’s choice to lead the Pentagon’s unified Cyber Command. Senators focused on the Cyber Command nominee, Army Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, for the vast bulk of the hearing.… |
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Parties Agree to MOU, Settlement for Vermont Yankee Sale
The owner and prospective buyer of the retired Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have agreed to a set of financial assurance and site-cleanup terms that should help the deal pass the state’s regulatory review. Most of the parties authorized to… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
National Academies Panel Studies Waste Issues at Hanford
A panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine kicked off two days of public meetings in Richland, Wash., on Wednesday as it studies supplemental processing of low-activity waste at the U.S. Energy Department’s nearby Hanford Site. The… |
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NRC Dockets Full Review of Holtec Spent Fuel Storage Plan
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday said it would conduct a full technical review of Holtec International’s application for a license to build and operate an interim spent-fuel storage facility in southeastern New Mexico. The Camden, N.J.-based energy technology… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
DOE to Open Bidding Process for Savannah River Management Contract
The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it will begin the bidding process for the new Savannah River Site management and operations (M&O) contract by May 1. In an online announcement, DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center said that, within 30 to… |
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