Senate Spending Bill Has $850M for NRC, Matches House Proposal for Interim Storage

摘要

In a budget bill released Tuesday, Senate appropriators agreed with their House colleagues that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission should get about $850 million in fiscal year 2021, with $27.5 million for a non-Yucca-Mountain consolidated nuclear-waste storage facility. The proposal released Tuesday by the Senate Appropriations Committee recommends the requested $849.9 million for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), plus the requested $13.5 million or so for its Inspector General’s Office. The NRC Inspector General also covers the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.