Budget & Policy

Speaker in place, House passes key nuclear funding bill with $8.3B for EM

By Photo of Dan Leone

On Thursday, after a two-week squabble about who to elect as speaker, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fund defense and civilian nuclear nuclear programs for the rest of fiscal year 2024, including $8.3-billion for the Department of Energy’s…

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WIPP utility shaft hits paydirt, nearly 2,300 feet deep

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

Decontamination showers dispute won’t stymie Hanford disposal permit

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After final RFP, DOE to interview key personnel of West Valley bidders in person

Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.

Aptim-Amentum team wins $96M contract to take down old reactor in Alaska

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

Former DOE cleanup lead tapped as interim engineering dean at Florida International University

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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