Vol. 7, No. 54 DOE cleanup boss encouraged by IWTU test run, sees operation by year end
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Budget & Policy
Bigger NNSA budget authorization, SLCM-N appeared certain after day of floor debate in House
The House had yet to approve its version of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act Thursday morning, but after a day of floor debate, the bill seemed all but certain to authorize more funding for Department of Energy nuclear weapons than requested,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
NRC staff recommends license for proposed Holtec interim storage site
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff on Wednesday recommended that the agency grant an operating license to an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel proposed for eastern New Mexico, according to a new report. In the final environmental impact statement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Enviros are latest to invoke Supreme Court EPA ruling against commercial interim storage
An anti-nuclear group spearheading a legal challenge to a proposed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Texas took a page out of the state attorney general’s playbook Wednesday, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling as evidence that the government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth contractors given until late August to respond to wrongful death suit
Current and former Department of Energy contractors at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio have until Aug. 30 to file a reply to a federal lawsuit filed by a father who claims offsite radioactive contamination contributed to the cancer that claimed the life of his 13-year-old… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE cleanup office pursuing more coordinated approach to R&D
The Department of Energy’s special adviser for Environmental Management, William (Ike) White, told a Congressional panel Wednesday the agency’s cleanup branch is addressing research and development problems raised in an October 2021 Government Accountability… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]