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A bloc of local governments and nuclear industry, labor and community groups are pressing Congress to provide a one-time multibillion-dollar boost to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management, the remediation-focused Savannah River Site landlord.

The organizations and officials – including Citizens For Nuclear Technology Awareness Executive Director Jim Marra and Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization President and CEO Rick McLeod – sent a letter Friday to U.S. House and Senate leadership “strongly” supporting a $7.25 billion funding injection, arguing it “will help reignite the national economy,” help revive small businesses and create thousands of new jobs despite the novel coronavirus crisis……..  https://www.aikenstandard.com/coronavirus/coalition-pursues-extra-7-25b-for-doe-nuclear-cleanup-job-creation/article_9261d03c-991a-11ea-a5c2-87c9bf5d9ecf.html

The requested money could, too, speed Environmental Management’s nuclear waste cleanup missions and be used to fix ailing infrastructure – some of which dates back to the Cold War – at sites across the country. That’s a “rare” opportunity, reads the letter, which prominently features the Energy Communities Alliance logo and its chairman’s signature.