Vol. 9, No. 25 Second melter heats up at Hanford vitrification plant
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Cleanup & Remediation
EM2 Avery wants ‘laser’ focus on cleanup while backing ‘public good’
Now in his second year as second-in-charge at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, Jeff Avery wants a laser focus on nuclear cleanup balanced with an eye toward doing “public good” where practical. During a 20-minute interview with Exchange Monitor on the sidelines of the Waste Management Symposia, Avery touched upon the evolving […]
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Reindustrialization & Redevelopment
Power companies look to set up shop next at Portsmouth Site
PHOENIX —With the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio making headway in nuclear remediation, feds and locals around the Piketon, Ohio complex are working to attract new industry, including nuclear power. That was the takeaway from a Wednesday panel discussion on the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site during the Waste Management Symposium conference. […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force budgets $3.7 billion for Sentinel in fiscal 2025; Requirements changes possible in fiscal 2026
The Department of the Air Force’s $217.5 billion fiscal 2025 budget includes $3.7 billion for the planned LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM as the department looks for cost savings and faces possible delays to address a Nunn-McCurdy breach. Such breaches occur when programs exceed 25% program acquisition unit cost growth. In January, the Air Force informed Congress […]