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Senate advances bipartisan energy permitting bill as Democrats split
The Senate advanced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (S. 5653) 73-25 on a procedural vote. Senate leaders said amendment votes and final passage could come the week of Nov. 16. House Democrats are divided on revising the bill now or waiting for next year's Congress, while tribes, environmental groups and Hakeem Jeffries oppose it and Trump and industry groups back it. · yesterday
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One card per story, every outlet that covered it3YesterdayYahooLANL director touts record year for plutonium pit productionLANL director Thom Mason told a virtual town hall that the lab's Plutonium Facility had a record year of plutonium pit production, while watchdogs question the output and fire-safety concerns at the aging facility.1 outletDefense1 linked 3d agoPR NewswireRAVEL and Sandia National Laboratories Explore Power-Aware AI Infrastructure for a More Efficient, Competitive AI FutureRAVEL announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Sandia National Laboratories to study power-aware orchestration of AI workloads across distributed data centers under its Project Quicksilver initiative.1 outletEnergyAI2 linked Oct 29ANS Nuclear Newswire · research by ARPA-EDOE’s ARPA-E selects eight transuranic fuel development projectsARPA-E selected eight teams for its HORNIG program to develop transuranic-based advanced reactor fuels, with up to $50 million combined and individual awards from about $1.3 million to $7 million.1 outletEnergy8 linked
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Solicitations, SBIR topics, grants and awards1AwardNational Nuclear Security AdministrationJan 17DOE NNSA awarded NTESS the DE-NA0003525 contract to manage and operate Sandia National Laboratories.$44B obligatedDE-NA0003525National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCEnergyLifecycle3 linked