ANS Nuclear Policy Wire Show Me the Money June 28, 2017

June 28, 2017

News Show Me the Money   The House Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee released its draft FY 2018 appropriations bill.    Highlights include: Office of Nuclear Energy: DOE-NE is funded at $969 million, $48 million below the FY 17 enacted level and $266 million above the request.   Yucca: The bill provides $90 million for the Nuclear Waste Disposal program, $30 million for Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal, and $30 million for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue the adjudication of DOE's Yucca Mountain License application   Nuclear defense activities: The bill provides a total of $13.9 billion for DOE's nuclear weapons security programs, including Weapons Activities, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Naval Reactors, a $976 million increase above the FY 17 level. The bill will be marked up today at 11:00am.