Vol. 36, No. 03 
Acting secretary pauses DOE RFPs, reports pending review
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Budget & Policy
Wright DOE nomination advances 15-5; Cantwell votes no
The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday endorsed the nomination of Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be secretary of energy by 15-to-5, with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) being one of the five Democrats to vote against the executive. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Trump orders hiring freeze; nixes remote work
Among the flurry of executive orders President Donald Trump signed Monday after being sworn in are measures to implement a federal hiring freeze and telling government staff to return to in-person work. “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Departing chair talks safety board nominations, challenges
Joyce Connery, who is departing as a nuclear safety watchdog after nearly a decade, would not be shocked to see the President Donald Trump (R) administration revive then-President Joe Biden’s (D) nomination of a former Department of Energy cleanup boss to the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
Wind and solar won’t work for lab; controversial powerline needed, LANL says
Thom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, said Tuesday that the lab cannot rely on wind and solar power for its capabilities or to power its supercomputers. “That was part of a pretty extensive analysis on how to get more power on site,” Mason… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Times, details posted for ETEC public scoping sessions in February
The Department of Energy has posted the times and coordinates for a pair of February public scoping meetings on soil cleanup plans at the Energy Technology Engineering Center section of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site in Simi Valley, California. An online… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
Nevada Senate delegation reintroduces anti-Yucca legislation
Sens. Catherin Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) last week reintroduced a bill to prohibit the Department of Energy from siting a nuclear-waste disposal facility without the consent of state governments. The latest version of the Nuclear Waste Informed… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingRadWaste Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Changes underway at small biz office
The head of the Department of Energy’s Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization appointed by former President Joe Biden has departed the post. “Today marks my last day at the Dept of Energy as director,” Ron Pierce, announced on his LinkedIn page… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]