Vol. 8, No. 37

Cleanup & Remediation

Final Hanford cleanup could occur by 2091, budget doc says

The 1,200 or so employees at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management will almost-certainly be retired by the time the Hanford Site in Washington state is fully cleaned up, based upon the budget request issued last week by the White House. The acting boss for Environment Management, said last fall the nuclear cleanup […]
  • National Laboratories

    Livermore excess facilities could receive $20 million in fiscal 2024

    The Department of Energy could spend $20 million on tearing down contaminated old facilities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California during fiscal 2024, or about $15 million less than what Congress approved for that purpose in fiscal 2023, according to the White House budget justification out last week. The DOE Office of Environmental […]

  • Budget & Policy

    DNFSB continues to work on hiring, agency says in budget request

    The federal watchdog for Department of Energy nuclear defense sites continues to pursue “an aggressive staffing plan” initiated over the past two years to make up for workforce brain-drain, according to an agency budget justification document issued last week. For fiscal year 2024, the administration of President Joe Biden (D) requested $47.2 million for the […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC to begin slate of meetings about proposed change to reactor-renewal environmental review

    With infusions of federal funding shifting industry’s focus to recapitalizing nuclear power plants from decommissioning them, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans next week to conduct more public comment about proposed revisions to the environmental paperwork associated with renewing reactor licenses. The NRC in March proposed changes to the generic environmental impact statement the agency conducts […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. March 21-22: In-person/virtual hybrid meeting: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board Chairs. U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Room 6E-069, Washington, D.C. 20585. Members of the public may not attend in person, DOE says. Members […]

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