Vol. 9, No. 19 Judge rules for BWXT in case of Hanford liquid waste contract
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
House budget plan wobbles; Pentagon cites concern with submarine sked, Trump says ‘close it down;’ other Republicans against
The House speaker’s plan to extend federal agencies’ 2024 budgets into the first six months of fiscal year 2025 faced more opposition Tuesday from inside and outside of his own party. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a letter to congressional appropriators, dated Sept. 7, that a six-month continuing resolution would put the schedule […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Senate hearing Wednesday morning on nominee for final NRC spot
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time planned to hold a nomination hearing about a nuclear engineer tapped to become a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee planned to stream the nomination hearing online at its website. Matthew Marzano, nominated by President Joe Biden (D) in July, would […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Enviros threaten to sue feds over Oak Ridge landfill
Anti-nuclear groups in Tennessee and elsewhere have filed a formal “notice of intent to sue” with the U.S. Department of Justice, alleging violations of the Superfund law at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. Attorneys for the Foundation for Global Sustainability, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning and […]
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International
IAEA director briefed board of governors on ‘extremely challenging’ situation at ZNPP, other regions
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency told the agency’s board of governors that ensuring nuclear safety in Ukraine and Russia was “extremely challenging,” an agency press release said Monday. Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi traveled to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine Sept. 4 to […]