PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FY25 BUDGET REQUESTS $51 BILLION FOR EM; EM AND NNSA FLAT FROM FY24 ENACTED
ECA Staff | 03/12/2024 Earlier this week, the White House released President Biden’s Fiscal Year (FY) 25 Budget Request of $7.5 trillion. President Biden’s proposal lays out his second-term visions, which includes $51 billion for the Department of Energy, a $3.6 billion or 7.5% increase from FY23. Below are the highlights of the President’s request: - It includes $8.2 billion to continue the cleanup mission following legacy waste and contaminations in communities used during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War for nuclear weapons production.
- This includes $3.1 billion to continue the cleanup effort at the Hanford site in
Washington.
- The budget also supports $205 million to ensure the cleanup mission at Cold War sites in order to protect the human health and environment.
- The budget provides $1.6 billions for the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). This includes $694.2 million in research and development activities that will help advance important projects in the Office of NE.
- $188 million are requested to secure a near-term supply of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for DOE-supported research and demo projects. This includes the recovery and down-blending of government-owned legacy uranium. As well as continuing the work at Piketon, Ohio.
- The request includes $142.5 million to support the continued execution of five advanced reactor projects supported through DOE’s Advanced Reactor
Demonstration Program.
- The budget also includes $19.8 billion for Weapons Activities. Which is $4,5 billion above the 2021 enacted levels.
Yesterday, at the ECA Board of Director Meeting DOE-EM leaders, Mike "Ike" White,
(DOE-EM-1), Jeff Avery (DOE-EM-2), and Kristen Ellis (DOE-EM-4) joined ECA members to discuss the FY25 budget and EM's primary issues at each cleanup site. The $8.2 billion request to DOE-EM to continue the cleanup mission was highlighted and celebrated. As was the $3.1 billion to continue the cleanup effort at the Hanford site in Washington. With the understanding that while it is a step forward, there is a long road ahead that will require a larger request.DOE-EM leaders were hopeful with the future of the program and the request released this week. Read the President's full budget request here. Read the FY25 DOE Organization Summary here. Read FY25 Congressional Justification - DOE-EM here. Read FY25 Congressional Justification - DOE-NE here. Read FY25 Congressional Justification - NNSA here. Read FY25 Congressional Justification - Office of Science here. ECA staff will continue to monitor progress on FY 2025 Appropriations and release summaries throughout.
REGISTRATION IS LIVE FOR ECA's New Nuclear Forum: Building Nuclear Partnerships and Projects, May 8-9, 2024 in Kennewick,
WA
ECA is excited to be hosting its third New Nuclear Forum, the only meeting designed to bring together DOE, federal, state, local and tribal governments and policymakers with developers, utilities,
regulators, industry, and academia to identify opportunities, challenges and to build the partnerships necessary to support nuclear development. Communities across the country are considering nuclear projects for many reasons - from diversifying regional economies, creating clean energy jobs or meeting carbon reduction goals, to increasing energy security and rebuilding the U.S. supply chain. Some communities have a familiarity with nuclear energy projects, while others are just beginning to evaluate potential interest. The ECA
Forum is designed to enable shared learning so that local, State and Tribal governments evaluating nuclear projects can be meaningfully engaged - and prepared - to match the strengths and needs of their communities with new nuclear opportunities.
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NEW STRATEGIC VISION 'CHARTS A STEADY BEAT OF PROGRESS' ACROSS EM COMPLEX
DOE-EM | 03/12/2024 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management
(EM) today released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade. Built on successes achieved in recent years, the document is an update of previous editions and was developed through outreach and with feedback from regulators, tribal nations, EM advisory
boards, local communities and other partners. “The fifth iteration of the Strategic
Vision charts a steady beat of progress for 2024 to 2034 at every EM site,” EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White said. “No longer mapping out how to achieve the cleanup mission, we are now focused on successfully executing remaining work while encouraging innovation and driving continuous improvement along the way.” EM has entered a new era across the cleanup complex, focused on achieving goals in protection of the workforce, the public and the environment; radioactive tank waste stabilization,
treatment and disposal; spent nuclear fuel storage, receipt and disposition; nuclear material consolidation, stabilization and disposition; transuranic, mixed and low-level waste disposition; soil
and groundwater remediation; and excess facility deactivation and decommissioning. EM’s vision for its cleanup sites over the next decade includes: Most importantly, EM will continue to perform work activities within a strong safety culture that integrates worker and public health, safety and environmental
requirements. The Strategic Vision 2024-2034 is available here:
NEW MEDIA: Gone Fission Nuclear Report: Celebrating WIPP's 25th Anniversary March 11, 2024 | S4E5 This month, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Located in Southeast New Mexico about 26 miles east of Carlsbad, WIPP was constructed for disposal of
defense-generated transuranic or TRU-waste. WIPP is the nation’s only repository for the permanent disposal of TRU waste. In this week’s episode, Host Michael Butler talks with DOE Carlsbad Field Office Manager Mark Bollinger, Senior WIPP offiicial Tammy Hobbes, and Brandon Jones, Project Manager for the facility’s new underground venting system. They join us in looking back on WIPP’s history, starting with receipt of the first shipment of TRU waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory in March
1999. ECA Webinar: Advanced Nuclear Technology Deployment: An Introductory Conversation with U.S. DOE & U.S. NRC February 21, 2024 | In coordination with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), ECA hosted the first in a new series of educational webinars, "Advanced Nuclear Technology Deployment: An Introductory Conversation with U.S. DOE & U.S. NRC". ECA's Director of Nuclear Policy, Kara Colton, along with Dr. Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE and John Lubinski, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC discussed advanced reactor development, demonstrations, and deployments.
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report! DISPOSAL DRIVES CLEANUP: RE-ENERGIZING MOMENTUM FOR DISPOSAL SOLUTIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE
This report calls on the Department of Energy to launch the initiative to develop the actual waste disposition approaches. The Department could potentially save hundreds of billions of dollars in cleanup costs by using its available tools and implementing the report’s recommendations.
Interactive guide for communities and governments to help navigate nuclear waste cleanup The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) recently released the Guide to Successful Environmental Cleanup, an interactive online resource that provides frequently asked questions, case studies, and recommendations regarding nuclear waste cleanup. To assist local government officials, their communities, and federal agencies in deciphering
the complexities of the environmental cleanup process, ECA developed this guide to facilitate future successful cleanups.
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