Vol. 6, No. 30 Nuclear Cleanup Budget Proposal of $7.8-billion Cleans Panel Without Much Comment
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Budget & Policy
House’s Draft NNSA Budget ‘Short Changes’ Nuclear Weapons, Republicans Say
The relatively flat National Nuclear Security Administration budget proposed by a House appropriations subcommittee on Monday “short changes” the national defense, the panel’s ranking Republican said Monday. The bill’s proposed “increase of less than 1% for the Weapons Activities does not even keep up with inflation,” Rep. Mike Simpson(Idaho), the ranking Republican on the House […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Biden Admin May Soon Seek Volunteers for Federal Interim Storage, Kaptur Says
The Joe Biden administration “may be moving” to start its inquiry into a possible host state for a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, the chair of the House’s energy spending panel said Monday. “I believe we provided enough authority in the bill for [a consent-based siting inquiry] to move forward … and […]
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National Laboratories
Craft Workers Strike at Livermore
Some 240 people were set to go on strike at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California over what the union called the management’s refusal to negotiate terms of a mandatory on-call policy for some craft workers. The Society of Professionals, Scientists and Engineers Local 11 – University Professional and Technical Employees, Communications Workers of […]
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Budget & Policy
Environmental Groups Want EM-1 Strong on Environmental Justice
A coalition of more than 30 citizen groups, called the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, wants President Joe Biden to nominate a Department of Energy assistant secretary for environmental management committed to cleanup and environmental justice, according to a Monday letter. Whoever gets picked to run the $7-billion-plus DOE Office of Environmental Management must have a […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB Hearing Focuses on Work at Savannah River Site
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is holding a long-anticipated virtual public hearing today on ongoing safety issues for tritium production and other work at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Witnesses listed on the agenda include the acting assistant secretary for the DOE Office of Environmental Management, William “Ike” White […]
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Budget & Policy
CORRECTION
The story “House Appropriators Propose Small Increase for Nuclear Weapons Cleanup” (Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, July 12, 2021) should have said that the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee’s fiscal year 2022 Department of Energy budget proposal would provide a little more funding than requested for nuclear weapons cleanup in fiscal year 2022. The […]