Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) is scheduled this morning to make a “major announcement” on the future of the Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus, according to a release from Fleischmann’s office. The group of lawmakers with Department of Energy cleanup sites in their districts has been led by Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), but Hastings will retire from Congress in January. Fleischmann, whose district includes the Oak Ridge site, will discuss the “national importance” of the group in a press conference with DOE Office of Environmental Management Acting Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney.
Rep. Fleischmann to Announce Future of Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus
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, […]