Vol. 28, No. 11 
NNSA seeks $1B boost for fiscal year 2025; Savannah River pit estimate soars
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Transuranic Waste
Dilute and dispose looks to boost shipments to WIPP this year
PHOENIX — The Savannah River Site could send as many as 40 shipments of diluted surplus plutonium to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in 2024, a manager at the Savannah River Site said here. Or maybe half that many, Lee Sims, K Area Facility Manager at Savannah River for the site’s Fluor-led prime contractor, Savannah […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force budgets $3.7 billion for Sentinel in fiscal 2025; Requirements changes possible in fiscal 2026
The Department of the Air Force’s $217.5 billion fiscal 2025 budget includes $3.7 billion for the planned LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM as the department looks for cost savings and faces possible delays to address a Nunn-McCurdy breach.Such breaches occur when programs exceed 25% program acquisition unit cost growth.In January, the Air Force informed Congress of a […]
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International
House members working on partisan Rosatom sanctions bills
Leaders of a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee said Tuesday they are working on dueling bills to sanction either all, or parts, of Russia’s state-owned nuclear-energy corporation. “I am in the process of drafting a tough sanctions bill that would mandate the administration decouple the U.S. and our allies from Rosatom,” Rep. Tom Kean (R-N.J.) said […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Savannah River adds to electric vehicle fleet
PHOENIX — The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina is about 20% to its goal of adding 600 electric vehicles over the next few years, an executive with the site’s prime contractor said here Tuesday. The site currently has 116 electric vehicles and will add another 44 this year, Mike Swain, executive […]
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International
Round up: New New START resolution; Jenkins’ tough audience; Changes at local pro-nuke board
Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) led 24 Democrats who introduced a bill Wednesday that supports the continued value of arms control and condemns Russia for suspending the bilateral New START nuclear arms control treaty between Moscow and Washington. The bill, which was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, calls for the administration of President Joe […]