Vol. 4, No. 324

Budget & Policy

Senate and House Leaders Confirm Separate Plans for Short-Term FY20 Spending Plan

The leaders of the House and Senate have each announced plans to buy time for Congress to move through the fiscal 2020 appropriations process by passing a continuing resolution, but the chambers each have their own proposed process. The Senate will move quickly to pass as many regular appropriations bills as possible, and then pass […]
  • Transuranic Waste

    GAO Cites Energy Department Management Problems With Waste Unit in Idaho

    The U.S. Energy Department has not accounted for all costs associated with fixing the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office. In the report, GAO said the Energy Department has not followed best practices in that it failed to include both […]

  • Decommissioning

    New Soil Samples Suggest Rocky Flats Wilderness Area Safe for Recreation

    The latest soil samples from around the Rocky Flats Natural Wildlife Refuge show residual radiological contamination at the one-time nuclear weapons site in Colorado poses no health threat for employees, hikers, or nearby communities, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a report Friday. The samples taken in June around the former location of […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA Leasing More Manufacturing Space a Mile From Kansas City Facility

    The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will flex up the Kansas City National Security Complex’s manufacturing capacity by leasing some 275,000 square feet of industrial space about a mile from the nuclear security enterprise’s main components shop, according to an environmental notice published Monday. The semiautonomous Department of Energy weapons agency plans to lease […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Energy Dept. to Renew BWXT Rad Waste Storage Contract

    The U.S. Energy Department announced on Friday it would keep BWX Technologies as a contractor for storage of radioactive hot cell waste and spent nuclear fuel. The department’s Idaho Operations Office and Office of Nuclear Energy announced plans to issue the sole-source, five-year contract for continued waste storage at a BWXT facility in Lynchburg, Va. […]

Get Published in ExchangeMonitor Publications