Vol. 10, No. 33

Budget & Policy

Hawley praises inclusion of radiation compensation in megabill

The final version of the budget reconciliation package signed into law July 4 by President Donald Trump includes a long-sought bipartisan proposal to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). “After nearly two years of negotiations—and two separate passages of RECA packages by the Senate in 2023 and 2024,” the RECA expansion was included in […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Hanford lawmaker touts final version of Trump megabill

    Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), whose district includes the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, on Thursday July 3 voted in favor of President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation package dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill. In a statement after the vote, Newhouse said the final version of the bill preserves production tax credits for nuclear power plants […]

  • Budget & Policy

    House E&W appropriations to mark up fiscal 2026 bill

    The House Appropriations subcommittee on Energy and Water will mark up its fiscal 2026 budget bill, which would appropriate funds to the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration, on Monday July 7. The hearing is scheduled to start on Monday at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Also, on Thursday, July 17, the full House […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP shipment rates gradually rebounding, GAO finds

    The Department of Energy’s underground disposal site for defense-related transuranic waste is still well behind its shipment rate from before a major accident in 2014, but things are gradually rebounding, according to the Government Accountability Office. “According to DOE officials, WIPP [the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M.] had been receiving as many as […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Senate nears confirmation vote on energy undersecretary

    The Senate could vote this week on the nomination of Preston Griffith to be undersecretary of energy. The Senate is expected to vote Monday July 7 at 5:30 p.m. on whether to invoke cloture, effectively ending debating, on the Griffith nomination, clearing the way for a floor vote. Griffth’s nomination was passed out of the […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Coming Up;

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking: July: 09: Forum: The Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association kicks offr the Savannah River Federal Business Opportunities Forum starting at 8 a.m. Eastern Time and running through July 10 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in North Augusta, SC.  16: Virtual meeting: […]

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