Vol. 9, No. 16 Rep. Wilson’s issues ‘resolved’ by pacemaker, lawmaker says
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Budget & Policy
House budget vote possible this week as shutdown looms; Schumer again says no to 6-month stopgap
After House leadership said the chamber could vote on a federal spending bill, the leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate said the upper chamber will not pass a six-month extension of 2024 federal budgets. The House schedule, posted by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the majority leader, said that “an item related to government funding may be […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Judge declines to block walking trail near former Rocky Flats grounds
In court papers last week, a federal judge declined to stop construction of a walking trail that environmentalists said could endanger hikers near the demolished Rocky Flats plutonium pit factory in Colorado. Workers had planned to break ground on parts of a pedestrian bridge and underpass on Sept. 9 and the U.S. District Court for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Job listing for new SRNL director going up this week, official says
The Savannah River National Laboratory will this week formally begin its search for a new lab director, a Department of Energy official said Monday at a public meeting in South Carolina. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management will post a job announcement seeking a replacement for Majidi this week, Edwin Deshong, EM’s deputy manager the Savannah […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE, ex-Yankee operators have until January to finalize settlement in latest spent fuel suit
A federal judge last week gave the Department of Energy and the former operators of three shuttered New England Power Plants until January to settle their differences in a lawsuit of the agency’s latest failure to take custody of the plants’ spent fuel. On Friday, at the request of both parties, a request the Yankee […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP shipments dip year-over-year in August, but still pacing a gain over 2023
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 50 shipments of transuranic waste during August, according to DOE’s public website. Leading the shipments again was the Idaho National Laboratory, accounting for 36 of the month’s 50 shipments. Savannah River Site sent seven, Los Alamos sent five, and the Oak Ridge National […]