Nuclear News Roundup May 21, 2019 TVA is nearing completion of $500 million in improvements at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in north Alabama, an upgrade that will bolster the power generating capacity at the facility and extend the life of the plant that opened in 1974. Al.com More than 70,000 tons of nuclear waste has no place to go. Congress agreed to take care of it decades ago, but lawmakers can't agree on where to send it. Cbs19news.com The House Appropriations energy and water subcommittee said Monday the practice of bartering excess government uranium to help fund remediation of the Energy Department’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio will not be allowed in fiscal 2020. Exchangemonitor.com As the Pentagon prepares to spend about a half trillion dollars over a decade on new nuclear weapons, a new poll suggests that the public favors a more constrained nuclear posture and is growing more skeptical of weapons that are in the U.S. arsenal already. Defenseone.com
