EM News Flash | May 23, 2017 |
EM Rolls Out Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request
WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM
today rolled out its Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request of $6.5
billion. This marks EM’s largest budget request in a decade, and
provides the resources necessary to continue making safe, steady and
significant progress in tackling the environmental legacy of decades of
nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy
research.
“This budget request is a strong sign of the important value the
Administration, under the leadership of Secretary of Energy Rick Perry,
places on the EM program, and shows that we are a worthy investment with
our record of progress and success,” Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange said.
EM’s FY 2018 request provides the resources necessary to achieve
progress on the facilities and capabilities necessary to tackle
longer-term cleanup challenges, including:
The request also enables EM to continue moving forward with tackling
aging and excess facilities across the DOE complex, such as:
In addition, the request includes approximately $225 million in
funding to allow EM to address specific high-risk excess contaminated
facilities at two National Nuclear Security Administration sites — the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
“Over the years, we have made a huge amount of progress across the EM
program. The strength of those steady sustained achievements provides
the solid foundation upon which we are building,” Cange said. “We’re
excited about the next steps of progress we’ll be able accomplish with
the resources our FY 2018 budget request will provide, building upon our
strong track record to date. We know how to do this work and we are
getting the job done.”
More information on EM’s FY 2018 budget request is available here.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
EM News Flash May 23, 2017 EM Rolls Out Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request
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