Vol. 6, No. 24 Biden Admin Taps Huff for NE-2, Acting Head of DOE Nuclear Energy Office
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Cleanup & Remediation
DOE to Brief Oak Ridge Advisory Panel on Proposed Landfill
The Department of Energy was scheduled to brief a local agency-chartered advisory group on Wednesday about plans for a new landfill at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. A DOE draft record of decision is expected in July on the proposed Environmental Management Disposal Facility, designed to handle low-risk construction material from building demolition at […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
NRC Tosses Petition for Rulemaking on Restarting Reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied a request for a new rule that would establish a framework for restarting retired nuclear reactors, according to a notice published last week. There’s not enough industry interest in a regulatory framework to reauthorize operations at retired reactors, NRC said in its denial of a 2018 petition for a new […]
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Budget & Policy
Early Voting Underway in New Mexico Special Election for Congressional Seat
Early in-person voting started last week and runs through May 29, for the June 1 special election in New Mexico’s Congressional District 1, which is home to the Sandia National Laboratories. The seat was vacated by Rep. Debra Haaland (D), she was confirmed as the Joe Biden administration’s secretary of interior on March 16. The […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
Alleged Sandia Swindler Faces 30 Years for Abusing Company Credit Card
Ex-Sandia National Laboratories employee Joshua Cordova has pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and now awaits a sentencing in the U.S. District Court for New Mexico after allegedly ripping off the government for somewhere between $75,000 and $140,000, according to a plea agreement filed last week. Cordova, who helped train military, law-enforcement and emergency […]