House Armed Services Approves Harder Look at Planned DoE Weapons Plant in South Carolina

摘要

The House Armed Services Committee approved more scrutiny of a planned nuclear-weaponcorefactory on Wednesday, but otherwise appeared set at deadline to authorize the largefunding increase requested by the Department of Energy for civilian nuclear weapons programs.The directive is part of an amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act proposedby Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), chair of the Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee. Themeasure, approved 31-25, would require the Department of Energy to conduct an independentcost estimate of the planned Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF).