Vol. 6, No. 68 Early Figures Show 65% Vax Rate for Savannah River Remediation
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Cleanup & Remediation
Updated Draft ROD on Oak Ridge Landfill Now Expected in October
A second draft of the Department of Energy’s Record of Decision to build a new on-site landfill for low-level radioactive waste at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee is now expected in mid-October, the agency said late last week. Originally slated to appear this week, publication of the updated draft has been pushed back until […]
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
Former Holtec VP Joins Westinghouse Operating Plants Branch
Westinghouse is bringing in a former Holtec Decommissioning International c-suite executive to take over its biggest business line, the company announced last week. Pamela Cowan, who was senior vice president and chief operating officer of Holtec’s decommissioning branch, will become president of Westinghouse’s Americas operating plant services unit, according to a press release published Thursday. […]
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Budget & Policy
Big Bloc of House Liberals Ask Biden to Cut Nukes
A liberal bloc of House lawmakers on Friday urged President Joe Biden to cut the nuclear weapons budget in fiscal year 2023. In a letter led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the bloc of 29 U.S. representatives told Biden “to use the forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) to set a nuclear strategy that aims to […]
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Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile
This Week
Here are some events related to defense- and civilian-nuclear matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week 13-24: Virtual Deterrence Symposium. U.S. Strategic Command. Online only. Register here. 16: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. Streaming online on YouTube. 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Eastern time.