Vol. 6, No. 32 House Setting Up Vote on 2022 DOE Budget This Week
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Transuranic Waste
Senate Defense Bill Restores SRS Community Funds, Would Keep GAO Busy on EM Issues
Like a spending bill passed earlier this month by the House Appropriation Committee, the National Defense Authorization Act that cleared Senate Armed Services last week,restores $5.7 million in community funds the Joe Biden White House left out of its fiscal 2022 budget request for the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. That […]
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Decommissioning
NRC to Host Public Session on Indian Point Decommissioning Report
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will allow members of the public to comment this week on the decommissioning of a recently-shuttered nuclear power plant in New York, according to a notice from the agency. Holtec International’s Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station will be on the docket at a public meeting […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Heat Wave Schedules Continue at Hanford
The Department of Energy expects to continue modified schedules at the Hanford Site in Washington state throughout the summer as the area continues to struggle with oppressive heat, according to a recent Defense Facilities Safety Board report. The staff report dated July 2 and recently posted online on the safety board’s website details some of […]
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Budget & Policy
This Week
Here are some events related to defense- and civilian-nuclear matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week. July: 26: Meeting: House Rules Committee. 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. H-313, Capitol Hill. The Committee will write a rule of debate for a minibus appropriations package that includes the House Appropriations Committee’s proposed DOE budget for 2022. […]