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Robertson picked to succeed White at EM helm
The Department of Energy is turning to longtime federal hand Candice Robertson to oversee the Office of Environmental Management after President Joe Biden announced plans to nominate William (Ike) White to a federal nuclear safety board. The personnel move was announced Tuesday morning in a “colleagues” email to stakeholders from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. The email was viewed by Exchange Monitor. Candice Robertson is now a senior adviser at EM for clean power development at nuclear sites. Robertson has held many big jobs around Environmental Management, including chief of staff to the deputy secretary. She has also worked at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. White’s last day in charge of… |
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DOE turns attention to groundwater cleanup at Oak Ridge uranium enrichment area
The Department of Energy should finish soil remediation this year at the former K-25 gaseous diffusion complex at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, and turn to groundwater now that regulators have signed off on written decisions. The DOE Office… |
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Weapons Complex Monitor |
Judge sets closed-door hearing in $45B DOE Hanford contract battle
A federal judge will soon hear arguments in a Washington, D.C., courtroom in litigation over a $45-billion Department of Energy liquid-waste contract at the Hanford Site in Washington state. According to online court documents, a “sealed” or closed proceeding on… |
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RadWaste Monitor |
Nuclear policy reforms navigating Senate gridlock
A bi-partisan, bi-cameral package of nuclear policy reforms that sailed through the House in May has stalled in the Senate, where at least one lawmaker has not consented to pass the bill without a roll call vote. As of Tuesday,… |
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor |
‘Generational’ defense pitch has nuclear-weapons policy, force changes, more NNSA funding
The U.S. should declare nuclear “revitalization” in and outside of the National Nuclear Security Administration a national priority, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday. The call by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) was part of a… |
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