Vol. 8, No. 76 WIPP utility shaft hits paydirt, nearly 2,300 feet deep
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Budget & Policy
House subcommittee to continue mark up of nuclear policy bills on Wednesday
A House subcommittee on Wednesday was poised to approve several bipartisan bills with nuclear policy reforms, including at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy. The mark up was set to resume at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s energy, climate and grid security subcommittee began considering the bills […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
South Carolina gov’s nuclear panel to brief public on plutonium pit production Thursday
The South Carolina Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council meets Thursday to discuss, among many things, the transition of the Savannah River Site from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management to the National Nuclear Security Administration. Leading off the presentations is a landlord transition update from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Executive Vice President and NNSA […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Former DOE cleanup lead tapped as interim engineering dean at Florida International University
Inés Triay, a former Department of Energy assistant secretary for environmental management, was appointed interim dean of Florida International University’s College of Engineering and Computing and the executive director of the university’s Applied Research Center. The university announced Triay’s appointment in a Tuesday press release. She has been at Florida International and a top manager […]