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Although US President Donald Trump’s draft 2019 budget proposes $30.6bn for the Department of Energy (DOE), a 2% increase from the fiscal year 2017, a significant portion of the funds are for oversight of the nuclear weapons stockpile at the expense of other areas, in particular, renewable energy research. However, many of the proposals have already proved controversial, and the final version will undoubtedly differ from the draft after the House and Senate budget committees have amended it. The budget proposal will then be discussed and voted on by both chambers before any agreed appropriation bills based on it are signed into law by the president.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 15 February 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-budget-proposals-cause-controversy-6055934
13 Feb (NucNet): The White House has pledged $120m (€97m) of funding in its 2019 federal budget proposal for the planned Yucca Mountain deep geological repository in Nevada, the US Department of Energy (DOE) said in a statement.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-government-proposes-120m-funding-for-yucca-mountain-in-2019-budget
The US government’s fiscal 2018 budget plan for the Department of Energy (DOE) includes $120m to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada. The project has been frozen by lawsuits and by environmental and local opposition. The move signals that President Donald Trump may consider the site as a solution to extending the lives of existing US nuclear plants that face problems with disposal of their used fuel, Reuters reported on 16 March.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 March 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-considers-reviving-yucca-mountain-waste-project-5765675