March 26 is shaping up to be a busy day on Capitol Hill for the National Nuclear Security Administration. While the co-chairmen of the NNSA governance panel appear before the House Armed Services Committee, top leaders from the agency will testify before the Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee. The Senate hearing will include testimony from acting NNSA Administrator Bruce Held, Naval Reactors chief Adm. John Richardson, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs Don Cook, and DOE Office of Environmental Management Senior Advisor David Huizenga. The hearing will take place at 2:30 p.m. in Room SR-222 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
NNSA, EM TO TESTIFY BEFORE SASC STRATEGIC FORCES MARCH 26
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, […]