Senate
Committee to vote on Trump NRC nominees ECA
Staff July 10, 2017 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee intends to vote on the nominations of Annie Caputo and David Wright to the NRC on Wednesday, July 12 at 9:45
a.m.
Caputo is a senior advisor to committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Wright is a former utilities regulator in South Carolina. Both nominees are expected to clear the committee and go to the floor for a final confirmation
vote.
If the senate confirms Caputo and Wright, the NRC will have a full slate of five commissioners, with NRC Chairwoman Kristine Svinicki having been confirmed for a new term late last month. View the Committee meeting agenda HERE.
House Appropriations to markup energy and water
bill ECA Staff July 10, 2017 The House Appropriations Committee is marking up the $37.56B FY2018 energy and water spending bill Wednesday, July 12
at 10:30am in 2359 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC.
According to a committee press release, the bill comes in $209 million below the FY2017 enacted level and $3.65 billion above the President’s budget request. Funding is targeted toward national security efforts – including nuclear weapons activities – and energy and water infrastructure
investments.
“This bill prioritizes fulfilling our national security needs and maintaining critical investments to support American competitiveness within tight budget caps,” said Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson. “It strikes a responsible balance between the modernization and safety of our nuclear weapons, advancing our national infrastructure, and
strategic investments in basic science and energy R&D.”
The markup will be webcast live HERE.Trump Administration Swats at Texas in Yucca Mt Nuclear Repository Legal Fight POWER July 5, 2017 Citing its backing for the long-stalled Yucca Mountain permanent spent nuclear waste repository in Nevada, the Trump administration has asked a federal court to reject a petition filed by Texas in which the state sought a court-supervised process to take over administrative proceedings so as to guarantee licensing and eventual construction of
project.
Texas filed its lawsuit with the Fifth Circuit on March 15 in an attempt to
stop the Department of Energy (DOE) from spending tax dollars on consent-based siting activity, and to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and other relevant federal agencies to complete licensing proceedings for Yucca Mountain.. >>Continue
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CONTRACTING & ACQUISITION DOE Releases Request for Proposals for Portsmouth Paducah Project Office Technical Support
Services Albuquerque Business Journal July 3, 2017 Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Technical Support Services (TSS) acquisition. A Time-and-Materials (T&M) contract with a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) (for transition costs only) and an Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) CLIN, under which FFP task orders can be issued
is anticipated. The RFP is being issued as a small business set-aside, and the IDIQ contract ordering period is from the effective date of contract award through the end of the total contract period. Performance of all task orders issued during the contract ordering period shall not exceed one (1) year beyond the expiration date of the contract period. The IDIQ CLIN contains a $0 guaranteed minimum value of services and a $40 Million maximum value of services. These services are currently being
performed by Professional Project Services, Inc. (Pro2Serve), Restoration Services, Inc. (RSI), and Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI) under three (3) separate contract vehicles. >>Continue reading |
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| July 2017 | | 20 | EM Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah |
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| July
2017 | | 24-25 | EM Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site |
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| July
2017 | | 26 | EM Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico |
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| August
2017 | | 8-9 | Intermountain Energy Summitt |
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| August
2017 | | 16-17 | INVITATION ONLY ECA Peer Exchange: Implementation of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Richland, WA |
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| September 2017 | | 5-7 | Radwaste Summitt 2017 Summerlin, NV |
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| September 2017 | | 12-14 | 2017 National Cleanup
Workshop Alexandria,
VA |
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| September 2017 | | 13 | House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus
Event Washington,
DC
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