Vol. 9, No. 101 Biden signs broad nuclear policy reforms into law
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Budget & Policy
Full House Appropriations Committee passes bill with $8.3B for DOE cleanup
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday voted 30-26, largely along party lines, to approve a budget bill that would provide more than $8.3 billion for the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup branch in fiscal 2025. There was little mention of DOE’s… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE, New Mexico reach partial accord on LANL cleanup; talks continue
A federal judge in New Mexico granted the Department of Energy and the New Mexico Environment Department until Oct. 7 to continue settlement talks on changes to agreements governing legacy waste cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. U.S. Magistrate Judge… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Non-Proliferation
House committee adds NNSA nonproliferation language to 2025 budget bill
WASHINGTON — The first draft of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s 2025 budget passed the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday on a largely party line vote and one new directive about nuclear nonproliferation in Eastern Europe. The committee passed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
NNSA said GAO made ‘misleading’ conclusions about modernization programs
Integrating “only” government-wide practices will not help keep nuclear weapons infrastructure projects on time and on budget, the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration said in a letter published Tuesday. “We strongly believe that the incorporation… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Senate Armed Services wants report on possible deployment of 450 Sentinels
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants a report from the Air Force and Pentagon about the possible deployment of 450, rather than 400, Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles. The lawmakers asked for the study in a bill report published the same week the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
After failing once, enviros may still get hearing over Palisades restart
Groups opposed to restarting the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant may still get a hearing over alleged misappropriation of decommissioning funds at the plant, according to a notice published Tuesday. According to Tuesday’s Federal Register notice, an NRC petition… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Senate votes to confirm Lee to DNFSB
The full Senate Tuesday voted 54-to-41, mostly upon party lines, to confirm the nomination of Patricia Lee, a manager at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina, to be a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Chicago area information session set for ill nuclear workers
The U.S. Department of Labor has set a July 18 information session in Lisle, Ill., for current and former nuclear weapons workers and survivors covered by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. Presentations were scheduled for at 9:00… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Notable anti-nuclear representative Garamendi announces cancer diagnosis
A California member of the House Armed Services Committee, famed for his opposition to the current nuclear modernization regime, announced Monday that he has a form of blood cancer. Rep. John Garamendi (D-Cali.), 79, was diagnosed with early stage multiple myeloma,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]