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10 YEARS AFTER FUKUSHIMA: Japan will need to rely again on nuclear energy in order to reach its goal of economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050, many experts say.
But the government is struggling to publicly acknowledge that reality due to scars from the 2011 Fukushima disaster, whose 10-year anniversary is today.
Congress approves $2.6 billion Hanford budget. It’s far more than Trump administration proposal. By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald
Published: December 26, 2020, 3:36pm
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Both the House and Senate have approved spending almost $2.6 billion at the Hanford nuclear reservation for fiscal 2021.
The spending bill passed Monday as part of a $2.3 trillion package to provide relief from the coronavirus and to pay for government operations for fiscal 2021, which began Oct. 1
The Department of Energy has been spending at levels approved for fiscal 2020.
Now the bill, goes to President Trump for his signature.
“Overall, it’s a great bill for the Tri-Cities’ DOE priorities, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the fantastic support we received from Sen. (Patty) Murray, Sen. (Maria) Cantwell, and Congressman Dan Newhouse,” said David Reeploeg, vice president of federal programs for the Tri-City Development Council.