APPROPRIATIONS
House begins work on last 4 FY22 spending bills
ECA Staff | 7/8/2021
Legislation text for the remaining FY22 spending bills is expected to be released on Sunday, July 11 while earmarks are expected to be released on Monday, July 12.
As noted in a previous ECA message, a panel of House appropriators will begin markups on Monday, July 12 for the Energy and Water funding bill.
The House Democrats are hoping to finalize appropriations by the end of the month. The Senate has not released any funding bill text.
Although early in the appropriations process, ECA is predicting a continuing resolution to be needed this fall as the fiscal year ends. We have seen a continuing resolution nearly every year.
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NATIONAL CLEANUP WORKSHOP
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"CAPITALIZING ON A NEW ERA OF CLEANUP SUCCESS"
September 8-10, 2021
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center
Alexandria, Virginia
Join more than 700 attendees, including senior DOE officials, Congressional leaders, DOE contractors, and state, tribal and local government leaders for the largest EM-focused gathering in the D.C. area.
Scheduled sessions at this year's workshop include:
- A New Era for EM Cleanup
- Insights from Congress
- The Next Phase of EM Success
- Partnering with DOE on Priority Issues: Environmental Justice, Cleanup Engagement and Clean Energy Production
- Upcoming EM Acquisition Plans and Schedule
- Roundtable: Lessons Learned and Improving Project Performance
- Legislative Challenges and Opportunities for the EM Program
- Roundtable: The Future of Disposal
- The Future of the EM Workforce
- Roundtable: DOE Field Office Managers
- Congressional Staff Perspective
- Entering a New Era for Hanford Tank Waste
ADVANCED NUCLEAR
DOE and GE Hitachi Team Up to Lower Costs of Building New Nuclear Reactors
DOE-NE | 7/7/2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $5.8 million in funding to develop three construction technologies that together can reduce the cost of new nuclear builds by more than 10 percent.
“Construction costs and schedule overruns have plagued new nuclear builds for decades,” said Dr. Kathryn Huff, Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at DOE. “By leveraging advanced construction technologies, we can drive down costs and speed the pace of advanced nuclear deployment – much needed steps to tackle global climate change and meet the President’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by
2050.”
The project team, led by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, will demonstrate three technologies, leveraging promising developments from other industries that have not been tested within the context of nuclear energy. These include:
- Vertical shaft construction, a best practice from the tunneling industry that could reduce construction schedules by more than a year
- Steel BricksTM, modular steel-concrete composite structures, much like high-tech LEGO® pieces, which could significantly reduce the labor required on site
- Advanced monitoring, coupled with digital twin technology, which can create a 3-D replica of the nuclear power plant structure
These technologies can be applied to a variety of advanced reactor designs to significantly improve the economics of bringing advanced reactors to market.
Read about DOE's High Level Waste Interpretation
Have questions about DOE’s recent high-level waste (HLW) interpretation? Download ECA’s Key Points and FAQs on the issue to better understand what ECA believes are the potential benefits of implementation.
Interested in learning more? Read the ECA report “Making Informed Decisions on DOE's Proposed High Level Waste Definition” at www.energyca.org/publications
Stay Current on Activities in the DOE World
Read the latest edition of the ECA Bulletin, a regular newsletter providing a detailed brief of ECA activities, legislative news, and major events from across the DOE complex. Have suggestions for future editions? Email bulletin@energyca.org.
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Learn More about Cleanup Sites with ECA's DOE Site Profiles
ECA's new site profiles detail DOE's 13 active Environmental Management cleanup sites and national laboratories, highlighting their history, missions, and priorities. The profiles are a key source for media, stakeholders, and the public to learn more about DOE site activities, contractors, advisory boards, and their surrounding local
governments.
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