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Energy Secretary Wright to relax construction permit rules at national labs

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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced orders Thursday to “ease burdensome permitting rules” for construction on the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities and national labs.
Wright immediately directed that the National Nuclear Security Administration’s…

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