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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Weapons Complex Monitor will not be published on Friday Nov. 28. Exchange Monitor Publications will not be staffed Nov. 27 or Nov. 28. Enjoy your holiday. Your next weekly publication will be on Friday Dec. 5. 

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in observance of the U.S. Columbus Day holiday. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.

An article in the Monday September 29 edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing should have reported the previous plan to address stranded transuranic waste at Waste Control Specialists in Texas set up a “DOE island” there prior to direct shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.

The story “NNSA needs plan to continue ops in event of UPF delay, GAO says” [Morning Briefing, September 22, 2025] should have said the contractor at UPF estimated to safely continue operations in Building 9212 until 2035, a year after the new facility is expected to be operational, it will cost $463 million.

Kenneth Camplin, formerly president of the BWX Technologies’ Nuclear Services Group in Lynchburg, Va., has been appointed as the new dean of the School of Engineering at nearby school Liberty University. As president of the Nuclear Services Group from 2017 onward, Camplin oversaw commercial nuclear and technical services, as well as operations in business development […]

Radwaste & Materials Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 15, 2025 and Friday Aug. 22, 2025, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess.

Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 15, 2025 and Friday Aug. 22, 2025, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess. 

Weapons Complex Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 15, 2025 and Friday Aug. 22, 2025, as part of the Exchange Monitor’s annual August recess.

Exchange Monitor is entering its annual August break that occurs while Congress is in recess. As a result, Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published on Monday Aug. 11. It will only be published on Tuesdays and Thursdays between now and Aug. 25, at which time the schedule returns to normal. Thanks and stay […]

The head of the Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico says a recent government watchdog report on rundown infrastructure at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) was mostly a “retrospective” on the former prime contractor. DOE Carlsbad field manager Mark Bollinger addressed a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found key […]

The Access Intelligence office in Arlington, Virginia that Exchange Monitor shares with sister publication Defense Daily is closing effective July 31.  The office has not been used much since the pandemic. Reporters and editors largely work remotely anyway and subscribers should not notice any changes.  Going forward, any correspondence normally snail-mailed to Exchange Monitor at […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  June  04: Hearing: Senate Appropriations Energy & Water hearing on NNSA 2026 budget request. 10-12: Exchange Monitor Publications and Forums. 19th Annual RadWaste Summit. The DeSoto Hotel, 15 E Liberty, Savannah, Savannah, Ga. No remote access. Agenda and registration online. 12: San Onofre […]

Greg Sosson is associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations for the DOE Office of Environmental Management. An initial version of the article: “EM senior exec Sosson lauds DOE staff amid retirements” (Weapons Complex Monitor, April 25) included an incorrect job title.

The story “Livermore crews prepare to remove slab at Building 251” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, March 19, 2025] should have said that the University of California System is a member of the Lawrence Livermore National Security contractor team. 

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: 10-13 – WM Symposia, Inc. 2025 Waste Management Symposium. Phoenix Convention Center, 100 North Third Street, Phoenix, Ariz. Register online. 11-13: NRC Regulatory Information Conference from Rockville, Md. starts at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being webcast. 

President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress is not technically a State of the Union address. 

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: 05: U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments: NRC V. Texas  23-1312) Interim Storage Partners LLC V. TEXAS. 9 a.m. Eastern Time in Washington, D.C.  05: Permit public meeting for Storm Water at Los Alamos National Laboratory starts at 4 p.m. Mountain […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: February 24: Earnings call: BWX Technologies will discuss quarterly financial results in a conference call with Wall Street analysts starting at 5 p.m. E.T.  27: Earnings call: NuScale Power will discuss quarterly financial results in a conference call with analysts […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: February 18: Earnings call. Fluor Corp. will discuss quarterly and annual financial results with Wall Street analysts starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.  18: Meeting: The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management citizens advisory board or the Portsmouth Site will meet […]

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in observance of Presidents’ Day.

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: 10: Hearing: A federal district judge in Massachusetts will hear arguments on a White House plan to offer deferred resignations to certain federal employees.  11: Earnings call:  Leidos will discuss its quarterly financial results during an earnings call starting at […]

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in observance of the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

The story “Va. Gov. makes appointment to low-level waste commission” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, Jan. 06, 2025] should have said that the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact allows member states to ship waste to disposal sites in Texas and Utah, and that the compact’s member-states are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia.

In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor will not publish on Friday, Dec. 27 or Friday, Jan. 3. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Friday, Jan. 10. 

In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Weapons Complex Monitor will not publish on Friday, Dec. 27 or Friday, Jan. 3. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Friday, Jan. 10. 

In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, RadWaste Monitor will not publish on Friday, Dec. 27 or Friday, Jan. 3. Look for the next issue in your inbox on Friday, Jan. 10.

In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will publish on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec. 26 only and on Tuesday, Dec. 31 and Thursday, Jan. 2. The regular publishing schedule of Monday through Thursday will resume on Monday, Jan. 6.

The story “Amid stark partisan resistance, Democrats mount final push to confirm Biden’s NRC nominee” [Weapons Complex Morning Briefing, December, 12, 2024] should have said that a majority of voting Senators could end debate about the nomination of Matthew Marzano to join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The story “Compromise ’25 NDAA authorizes about $25B for […]

Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: 2024  December 13 – International Energy Agency. “Nuclear energy: are we entering a new era?” Virtual. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Streaming online. 5:30 a.m. Eastern time.

Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: 2024 December 04 – Holtec International. Open house about the planned restart of the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station. Palisades Joint Information Center, Benton Harbor, Mich. 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, U.S. 05 – Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Public meeting: “Briefing […]