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6 days ago | exchangemonitor.com | Trey Rorie

A federal judge in Massachusetts has issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday blocking the Department of Energy’s new policy that would reduce universities research grant funds to 15%. U.S. district judge Allison Burroughs granted the order and allowed for DOE to appeal by April 22. A hearing for the motion is scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on April 28. On April 11, the DOE announced a new policy that would cut the funding of “indirect costs” of research grants to 15%.

6 days ago | exchangemonitor.com | Sarah Salem |Trey Rorie

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6 days ago | exchangemonitor.com | Sarah Salem |Trey Rorie

Vincent Ialenti, who leads the Department of Energy’s consent-based siting program, announced his resignation from the DOE in a post on his LinkedIn profile. Ialenti worked in the DOE’s Office of Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Disposition and was the federal manager of the agency’s Consent-Based Siting Consortia. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has worked for the agency since August 2022. During his time with the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy, Ialenti served in multiple capacities.

6 days ago | exchangemonitor.com | Sarah Salem |Wayne Barber

In a Lifecycle report released every three years, the Department of Energy said costs to fully complete the nation’s biggest and most expensive nuclear cleanup in Washington State will be between $364 billion and $589.4 billion. The Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, released April 15, also estimated that cleanup could not be complete until fiscal 2086, with long-term stewardship at the Hanford nuclear legacy site stretching until 2100.

1 week ago | exchangemonitor.com | Wayne Barber

The city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., is studying alternative sites for a municipal airport with land cleaned up by the Department of Energy now earmarked by Orano USA for a major uranium enrichment project. Although a local airport has been long sought by the city of Oak Ridge, Exchange Monitor reported in October 2024 it would take a back seat to the proposed 750,000 square-foot uranium enrichment plant that would be worth billions of dollars and employ 300 people.