Office of Nuclear Energy

The Department of Energy on Tuesday solicited bids for a potentially decade-long contract to convert high assay low-enriched uranium into forms suitable for powering new nuclear reactors. The High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) Deconversion Acquisition will be an indefinite quantity, indefinite delivery contract with a one-year ordering period, according to the solicitation posted online. Work will […]

Natalia Saraeva, formerly the team lead for the Department of Energy’s consent based siting program, is now the community and stakeholder engagement lead at DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. Saraeva was the team lead for DOE’s consent based siting program for about one year and took on a new role in October, according to her […]

Natalia Saraeva, formerly the team lead for the Department of Energy’s consent based siting program, is now the community and stakeholder engagement lead at DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. Saraeva was the team lead for DOE’s consent based siting program for about one year and took on a new role in October, according to her […]

The head of the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy hopes the agency can select its first clean power project at the Idaho National Laboratory within a year. “A year from today” is the target, Kathryn Huff, DOE’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy, told reporters on the sidelines of the Idaho lab’s Cleanup to […]

The head of the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy hopes the agency can select its first clean power project at the Idaho National Laboratory within a year. “A year from today” is the target, Kathryn Huff, DOE’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy, told reporters on the sidelines of the Idaho lab’s Cleanup to […]

On Thursday, after a two-week squabble about who to elect as speaker, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fund defense and civilian nuclear nuclear programs for the rest of fiscal year 2024. Civilian nuclear programs at the Department of Energy and elsewhere would essentially remain flat under the House’s bill. Active nuclear weapons […]

Kathryn Huff, the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy, will headline the Cleanup to Clean Energy industry day Wednesday at the agency’s Idaho National Laboratory. Others speakers will include Lance Lacroix, who heads DOE’s Idaho operations office, Idaho National Laboratory director John Wagner, DOE Deputy Director of the Office of Management Ingrid Kolb, […]

Paul Murray, most recently chief technology officer for Orano Federal Services, will lead spent nuclear fuel programs in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy effective next week. Murray will join the agency at its headquarters in the Forrestal Building in Washington on Oct. 10 as the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and […]

News of a Department of Energy plan to use weapons complex land to host carbon-free electricity projects is being met with a mix of excitement, skepticism and curiosity about how the process might work. A smattering of stakeholders contacted by Exchange Monitor Tuesday said they have many questions about the initiative announced last Friday in […]

WASHINGTON —Department of Energy properties used for nuclear weapons work could soon be tapped for development of new carbon-free energy under an effort unveiled Friday in Washington by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. The program, dubbed DOE’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, would repurpose parcels around the weapons complex for non-carbon-emitting electricity, potentially creating enough […]

WASHINGTON —Department of Energy properties used for nuclear weapons work could soon be tapped for development of new carbon-free energy under an effort unveiled Friday in Washington by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. The program, dubbed DOE’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, would repurpose parcels around the weapons complex for non-carbon-emitting electricity, potentially creating enough […]

The Senate on Thursday passed its version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which this year is loaded with policy reforms for federal nuclear-energy programs. The annual military policy bill passed 86-11. It already contained the full text of Sen. Shelly Capito’s (R-WVa.)  Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act of […]

Senate staffer Rory Stanley on Monday will become chief of staff of the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, the agency confirmed Thursday. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WVa.) announced Stanley’s departure from Congress Thursday on the Senate floor during debate on the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Stanley joined the staff of the Senate Energy […]

The Department of Energy wants a domestic supply of high-assay, low-enriched uranium for use in nuclear reactors and for other purposes and is inviting industry to hear about the program next month.  Ahead of an “anticipated action to acquire” high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU), the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy is holding an industry […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy would get roughly the $1.6 billion the White House requested for it in fiscal year 2024, if a bill approved this week by the Senate Appropriations Committee becomes law. The full committee approved the bill 29-0 on Thursday, setting up both a floor vote in the full […]

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday said Butte County, Idaho, lacks either a factual or legal basis to win its lawsuit against the Department of Energy over ongoing storage of certain nuclear material at the Idaho National Laboratory. The feds want U.S. District Judge David Nye to toss the lawsuit the county, home to […]

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday said Butte County, Idaho, lacks either a factual or legal basis to win its lawsuit against the Department of Energy over ongoing storage of certain nuclear material at the Idaho National Laboratory. The feds want U.S. District Judge David Nye to toss the lawsuit the county, home to […]

LightBridge, the Reston, Va.,-based nuclear technology company, said Thursday that Texas A&M University has received a $1-million Department of Energy award for research and development on advanced fuels in small modular reactors. The three-year study focuses on characterization of Lightbridge ‘s fuel inside a small modular reactor designed by NuScale Power, LightBridge said in a […]

The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday was to mark up a bill that would increase funding for next-generation nuclear energy programs at the expense of accounts that fund nuclear waste, among other things. Generally, the bill would provide DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy with more funding than requested for development of high assay low-enriched uranium […]

The Department of Energy this week released a draft solicitation for a contract under which it could acquire up to 145 metric tons of high assay low-enriched uranium to help develop new nuclear reactor designs. Also this week, the agency released a draft solicitation for converting the energy-dense uranium into reactor fuel. DOE did not […]

The Department of Energy on Monday released a draft solicitation for a contract under which it could acquire up to 145 metric tons of high assay low-enriched uranium to help develop new nuclear reactor designs. Also on Monday, the agency released a draft solicitation for converting the energy-dense uranium into reactor fuel. DOE did not […]

The Department of Energy is getting the ball rolling on an environmental review of its big drive to drum up a domestic industry for energy-dense uranium fuel by hosting public webcasts about the effort this month. The agency announced the opening of a public comment period on a draft environmental impact statement for its High […]

A member of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) announced plans this week to leave Congress in order to attend to his ill wife. Stewart did not reveal details of the health issues facing his wife but could resign soon, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday. “I can say with pride that I […]

Oklo, a California-based developer of small modular reactors, announced plans to build two new nuclear units near the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio, according to a May 18 press release. Oklo’s commercial power plants will provide up to 30 megawatts of non-carbon emitting electric power, and more than 50 megawatts of heating, with […]

A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee plans a hearing this week to question White House priorities on the Department of Energy’s budget request for fiscal 2024. The energy, climate, & grid security subcommittee will hear testimony from Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on May 11, according to […]

The Department of Energy on Tuesday published a new report about the agency’s plans for finding a willing host for a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. The document, which puts a federal interim storage site some 10 or 15 years in the future, assuming Congress changes existing law to make such a […]

The Department of Energy on Tuesday published a new report about the agency’s plans for finding a willing host for a federal interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel. The document, which puts a federal interim storage site some 10 or 15 years in the future, assuming Congress changes existing law to make such a […]

News about the Department of Energy’s $26-million program to define consent-based siting of nuclear waste could drop next week, the agency’s top nuclear-energy official hinted Wednesday. DOE is putting together what it calls a consent-based siting consortia to help the agency decide not which spots could be suitable for a federally operated interim storage site […]

News about the Department of Energy’s $26-million program to define consent-based siting of nuclear waste could drop next week, the agency’s top nuclear-energy official hinted Wednesday. DOE is putting together what it calls a consent-based siting consortia to help the agency decide not which spots could be suitable for a federally operated interim storage site […]

Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 18: Meeting: The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board holds a virtual public meeting starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.  19: Hearing, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “Hearings to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed fiscal year […]