ANS Nuclear Policy Wire May 20, 2019

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May 20, 2019

House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Markup Tomorrow Tomorrow, the House Appropriations Committee will vote to consider the FY 2020 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which provides funding for the U.S. Department of Energy's nuclear programs.   Currently, the bill only provides funding to begin work on centralized interim storage for spent nuclear fuel, but does not include funding to resume the NRC licensing process for the Yucca Mountain geologic repository.   Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID) is expected to offer an amendment during tomorrow's markup that would add funding to restart Yucca Mountain licensing.   A PDF of the bill report can be found HERE and a link for tomorrow's markup can be found HERE.