Vol. 18, No. 02 DOE secretary-designate Wright wants to find long term home for radioactive waste
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Summer approval for Palisades restart ‘demanding,’ NRC staff say
Approving the restart of a Michigan nuclear plant by August will be “demanding,” federal regulators said Tuesday, and there is more work ahead than the plant’s owner may realize. That was the takeaway from senior Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff during their hybrid public meeting at commission headquarters in Rockville, Md., with Holtec International, owner of the Palisades […]
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Recommissioning & Restarts
Enviros drop lawsuit over federal bailout of Diablo Canyon
Friends of the Earth this week withdrew a federal lawsuit seeking to stop payment of $1.1 billion federal bailout of California’s last nuclear power plant, court papers show. The judge in the case on Thursday dismissed the suit without prejudice, meaning the environmentalists could sue again. The group dropped the suit, filed in April, after […]
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Budget & Policy
House appropriations leaders make subcommittee assignments
Leaders of the House Appropriations Committee announced subcommittee rosters for the 119th Congress this week, revealing more continuity than change on subcommittees affecting the Department of Energy. There are some additions and departures, but leadership remains the same for the subcommittee that writes the first draft of DOE’s annual spending bill, according to Wednesday press […]
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Budget & Policy
Trump selects ex-FERC commissioner Danly for deputy secretary of energy
James Danly, who served on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during Donald Trump’s first administration, is the Republican president-elect’s pick to be deputy secretary of energy the second time around, various news outlets reported over the weekend. A military veteran, Danly currently heads the energy regulatory branch of the Skadden Arps law firm and briefly chaired the […]
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Budget & Policy
Granholm bids DOE adieu; Kolb to be acting secretary
Jennifer Granholm, the 16th U.S. secretary of energy, formally said goodbye to DOE staff Thursday and the Joe Biden White House announced Ingrid Kolb, the head of the agency’s management office, will become acting secretary effective at noon Monday. Acting DOE officials will mind the stores until President-elect Donald Trump gets his picks confirmed by […]