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House Defense Panel Boosts DoE Nonproliferation, Cleanup Money

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Friday, May 16th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz The House Armed Services Committee, acting on its defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2009, this week approved sharp increases for several Energy Department nonproliferation programs and added $20 million for the department's nuclear cleanup program, which the committee suggested was being under-funded by DoE. However, it rejected funding for the Bush administration's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP), saying the plan to rejuvenate spent reactor fuel reprocessing and recycling raised proliferation concerns. The National Nuclear Security Administration…

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