Vol. 32, No. 33

Budget & Policy

White House Considering EM-1 Nominees, Source Says

President Joe Biden’s administration is starting to weigh potential nominees for a permanent assistant secretary for environmental management, including one who has held the post before, an industry source said last week. Under consideration for a possible return to the nuclear-weapons cleanup office is Monica Regalbuto, who led the office from 2015 until 2017 and […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Idaho Penalties Against DOE Near $11M; Tab Lowered by Enviro Work, COVID Credit

    As of mid-August, Idaho had assessed almost $11 million in civil penalties against the Department of Energy for the federal government’s failure to begin cleanup of sodium-bearing byproducts of nuclear fuel reprocessing at Idaho National Laboratory. The bill was partially offset by about $1.64 million in penalty reductions to account for 273 days when DOE […]

  • Transuranic Waste

    WIPP Bounced Back with 41 Shipments in July

    The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant received 41 shipments of defense-related transuranic waste in July, making it one of the busier months since the COVID-19 pandemic started spreading in the United States in early 2020. Last month’s total is up from the 23 shipments in July 2020, during deep pandemic times. It is […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    S.C. Lawmakers to Discuss Division of S.C. Plutonium Settlement Money Next Week

    An ad hoc committee of the South Carolina legislature was scheduled to discuss on Aug. 24 which of the counties surrounding the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., will share in a $600 million federal plutonium settlement. “I want to make sure our friends from Aiken understand that Aiken County is not the only consideration […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    PUBLICATION NOTICE

    Weapons Complex Monitor will not be published on Aug. 27, 2021 while the Exchange Monitor takes its annual August recess. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021.  

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