Vol. 5, No. 9

Budget & Policy

Brouillette Says $19.8B is ‘The Right Number’ for NNSA’s 2021 Budget

The roughly $20 billion 2021 budget the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requested on Monday — a figure that would come at the expense of the Pentagon’s naval shipbuilding budget and, to a lesser extent, cleanup of the nation’s nuclear weapons complex — is “the right number” to reverse a decade of “neglect,” Secretary of […]
  • Warhead & Weapons Development

    W93 Warhead Could Be Rapidly Upgradable, Servicable Outside Pantex

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) made post-Cold War history in its 2021 budget request, which seeks funds to develop a new sea-based nuclear warhead designated Mk7 W93 — a weapon designed to be rapidly upgradeable and serviced outside of the civilian agency’s Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas.  This will be the first new warhead […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    White House Proposes Cutting DOE Nuclear Cleanup to $6.1B

    The Donald Trump administration on Monday requested $6.1 billion for the Energy Department Office of Environmental Management during fiscal 2021, which would be an 18% reduction from the $7.5 billion enacted by Congress in the current budget year. It also represents a $400 million slice from the $6.5 billion the White House sought last March […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    White House Wants $27.5M for Interim Storage of Nuclear Waste

    Having failed to revive plans for a geologic repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the Trump administration wants nearly $30 million to promote the means for consolidation and temporary storage of the nation’s nuclear waste. The White House did not include Yucca Mountain in its budget plan for fiscal 2021, released on Monday, after three […]

  • Budget & Policy

    NRC Requests Small Budget Plus-Up

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requesting $863.4 million in funding for the upcoming 2021 fiscal year, a small step up from the $855.6 million authorized by Congress for the current spending cycle. But the agency noted Monday that it has decreased its budget by 17% since fiscal 2014. In that time, the number of full-time […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Navy Budget Request Down $4 Billion For Eight Ships

    The Trump administration’s fiscal 2021 budget request adds only eight battle force ships, two fewer than previously planned, while also planning to retire four Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs). The Navy is requesting $207.1 billion overall, $2.9 billion less than in the current fiscal 2020. Ship procurement is set at $20 billion, down from the $24 […]

  • Commercial Low-Level Waste

    No Injuries, Contamination in Low-Level Waste Transportation Accident

    A transportation provider for the cleanup contractor at the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee was involved a January fender-bender while moving low-level radioactive waste along a highway in Arkansas. No injuries resulted and no radioactive soil spilled in the accident, according to a Feb.7 DOE accident report. The unidentified subcontractor hired by URS/CH2M […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Former Savannah River Employee Seeks Another $270K in Discrimination Suit

    After winning $1.475 million in an initial jury decision and another $295,000 in front pay in a post-trial ruling, a former employee for the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste contractor is seeking nearly $270,000 more in a discrimination suit to cover attorney fees and litigation costs. In a Feb. 6 request in U.S. District Court […]

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