Nuclear weapons and nuclear power are on the hearing docket Wednesday morning in the Senate, while one scheduled hearing slipped off.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has moved the open portion of its hearing about the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) fiscal year 2025 budget request up half an hour, to 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. The hearing, which was to stream online, had been scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Next, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was to gavel in at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time to consider the renomination of Christopher Hanson as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Hanson, the chair, is serving out a term that expires June 30.
Last, a second NNSA hearing scheduled for today was canceled. The Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee was to hear testimony from the semiautonomous Department of Energy agency at 4:15 p.m. Eastern time but decided to postpone the hearing. The subcommittee had not announced a makeup date as of Wednesday morning.
