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January 15, 2024

This week

By ExchangeMonitor

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week:

17: Meeting: The Nevada Site Specific Advisory Board holds a hybrid meeting starting at 4 p.m. Pacific Time from the Valley Electric Association’s Valley Conference Center 800 E Highway 372, Pahrump, NV 89048. For remote access,  email: [email protected].

18: Hearing: House Committee of Oversight and Accountability economic growth, energy policy, and regulatory affairs subcommittee. “The Next Generation: Empowering American Nuclear Energy.” Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Kathryn Huff to testify. 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. Streaming online

18: Meeting, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Strategic Programmatic Overview of the Decommissioning and Low-Level Waste and Nuclear Materials Users Business Lines. Commissioners’ Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md. Streaming online at the commission’s website.

18: Meeting: The Paducah Citizens Advisory Board meets starting at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time at West Kentucky Community & Technical College  Emerging Technology Center, Room 215 , 5100 Alben Barkley Dr., Paducah, KY 42001. 

19: Meeting, Texas Radiation Advisory Board. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, North Austin Complex, Room 1.401. 4601 West Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas. Agenda includes reports from the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission, Waste Control Specialists, Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Streaming online.

19: Funding for the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board and expires after midnight unless Congress and the White House agree to enact a new short-term continuing resolution. 

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