Long-time Democratic Congressman Ed Markey won a seat in the U.S. Senate last night in a special election held after John Kerry left the post to serve as Secretary of State. Markey, an outspoken opponent of nuclear power, led going into the final stretch of the race against Republican Gabriel Gomez, and about an hour after polls closed the Associated Press declared Markey a winner with about 53 percent of the vote.
MARKEY WINS MASS. SENATE SEAT
Congress forages for answers on the logistics of DOE’s nuclear campus program
WASHINGTON — Nuclear industry experts and Congress continue to navigate the early development stages of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program. During the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Wednesday hearing, multiple senators sought further understanding of the inner workings, such as funding, interagency partnerships and disposal of different types of wastes, […]