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Nuclear Modernization

DoE to Pay S.C. $600M to Settle Plutonium Lawsuit; State to Hold Off on More Legal Action for 15 Years

Monday, August 31st, 2020

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DoE to Pay S.C. $600M to Settle Plutonium Lawsuit; State to Hold Off on More Legal Action for 15 Years

To settle years of expensive litigation, the federal government will pay $600 million from the Treasury’s judgment fund by roughly the end of September in recognition of the Department of Energy’s inability to remove several metric tons of plutonium from South Carolina by a legal deadline of 2022, state and federal officials said Monday. As part of the settlement, which isn’t coming out of DoE’s budget, the agency has agreed to move some 9.5 million tons of weapon-usable plutonium, now…

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]

Congress

House Heads For Recess Without Moving On NDAA After Procedural Vote Fails

The House will leave for the Fourth of July recess without moving forward on its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with a procedural vote to […]