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The Department of Energy said last month it is launching a solicitation for a new management contract for the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The current contract will expire on Sept. 30, 2027, the DOE Office of Science said in a “notice of intent to […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  OCTOBER: 13: Virtual Forum: ANWA Deterrence Center Forum on “Modernizing the Nation’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrence: The Strategic Role of Golden Dome” at 3-4:30 p.m. Eastern time. 14: Hybrid meeting: The Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board meets starting at 6 p.m. Eastern […]

If you are in the mood to travel back in time more than a half century and watch government-made black-and-white films designed to make the public feel better about nuclear technology, the Department of Energy can fill that need online. DOE’s Office of Legacy Management recently announced it is offering films from the Atomic Energy […]

Ashton Ellaboudy, a Department of Energy employee who has worked at the Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., will appear in federal court Thursday in connection with Justice Department allegations that he aided foreign terrorists, according to an article in the Tri-City Herald. Ellaboudy is in the Benton County jail after being arrested on Thursday Oct. […]

The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing issued a conditional loan up to $4.2 billion to provide uprates at several of Vistra Corp’s nuclear power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Monday. The announcement came during Wright’s visit to the Vistra’s Perry Nuclear Plant on Monday afternoon. According to […]

WASHINGTON – To meet the incoming energy and artificial intelligence (AI) demand, the United States’s nuclear supply chain needs a major uplift to help make reactor construction economical and timely, nuclear industry panelists said Tuesday here.  Nuclear power has been tied with AI as a baseload source of energy for data center operations over the […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  September: 29: Presentation: BWXT International is holding an Investor Day presentation in New York City starting at 8:30 a.m. E.T. The webcast and materials will be available online.  :  29-30: Conference: The Energy Investment Decision Symposium happens at the Idaho National Laboratory. […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  September: 22: Hybrid Meeting: Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board meets starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Time at Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, 4345 Trolley Line Road, Aiken, South Carolina 29801. 23: Hybrid meeting: The West Valley Citizen Task Force meets starting at 6:30 […]

Savannah River Site is moving beyond its traditional environmental cleanup mission as the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration prepare to expand nuclear-fuel, plutonium and other national-security activities at the South Carolina site. The NNSA took over landlord responsibilities from DOE’s Environmental Management in October 2024. Edwin Deshong, manager of DOE Environmental Management’s […]

The Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at Idaho National Laboratory is still in an outage that began in June, a Department of Energy spokesperson said Monday. “The IWTU entered a scheduled outage in early June to replace the facility’s process gas filters,” the DOE spokesperson said in a Monday email reply to an Exchange Monitor […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  September: 15: Workshop: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds its annual data science and artificial intelligence workshop starting at 9 a.m. E.T. at NRC headquarters in Rockville, MD. 15-16: Conference: The Department of Energy’s National Cleanup Workshop hosted by the Energy Communities Alliance […]

Twenty-five years ago, after terrorists flew airplanes into New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Virginia, then-Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham ordered all Department of Energy facilities be placed in high security status. “All non-essential DOE personnel are evacuated and sent home,” according to a DOE webpage on Sept. 11, 2001. As for […]

James Biggins, a longtime senior manager at the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) has started a new position as chief of staff and chief counsel at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Biggins joined the Government Ethics office this month, he announced in a LinkedIn post. Biggins has held various key DNFSB posts, including […]

Multiple blue state attorneys this week announced their opposition to various Nuclear Regulatory Commission rulemakings called for in President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14300 in May 2025.  A coalition of attorneys general made up of California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington submitted comments Monday on the rulemakings affecting radiation […]

Atlanta-based Perma-Fix Environmental Services reported a fall in revenue for the second quarter, which the company attributed to a decrease in revenue in its treatment segment. The revenue for the second quarter, which ended June 30, was nearly $12.9 million, down from nearly $14.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Factoring in the company’s operating expenses […]

Benton County, Wash., where the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site is located, is one of five counties in the state added this week to Gov. Bob Ferguson’s (D) wildfire emergency proclamation. The others are Columbia, Grant, Kittitas, and Whitman counties, according to Ferguson’s Aug. 31 press release. Altogether 12 counties and three tribal nations are […]

Weapons Complex Morning Briefing not be published on Monday September 7 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The next edition will be posted on Tuesday September 8. 

Carlsbad and Eddy County, N.M., the area where the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is located, is sweated through a week of high temperatures at or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service. The high Monday was expected to reach 106 degrees with a heat advisory in effect, according […]

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) who chairs a key House Appropriations subcommittee and is a vocal advocate for the Oak Ridge Site and the Department of Energy, took to X Tuesday afternoon to cite the death of country music superstar and entrepreneur Dolly Parton at age 80. “Tennessee has lost a true icon with the passing […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  August: 10: NRC Webinar: On NRC proposed changes to radiation protection rules, start at 1 p.m. E.T.  12: Meeting: The Hanford Advisory Board holds a hybrid meeting starting at 8 a.m. Pacific Time, originating from 2420 Stevens Center Place, Conference Room 153, […]

Exchange Monitor is entering its annual August break that occurs while Congress is in recess. As a result, Radwaste & Materials Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 14 and Friday Aug. 21. The normal weekly publication schedule will resume on Friday Aug. 28. News folks will still be on duty during the break […]

Exchange Monitor is entering its annual August break that occurs while Congress is in recess. As a result, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 14 and Friday Aug. 21. The normal weekly publication schedule will resume on Friday Aug. 28. News folks will still be on duty during the […]

Exchange Monitor is entering its annual August break that occurs while Congress is in recess. As a result, Weapons Complex Monitor will not be published on Friday Aug. 14 and Friday Aug. 21. The normal weekly publication schedule will resume on Friday Aug. 28. News folks will still be on duty during the break and […]

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. 10. It will only be published on Tuesdays and Thursdays between now and Aug. 21, at which time the schedule returns to normal. You can also […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  August: 02: Conference: The Women in Nuclear Conference kicks off in Seattle, Wash.  03: Earnings Call: BWX Technologies will discuss its quarterly financial results starting in a 5 p.m. Eastern Time earnings call with analysts.  04: Tennessee Valley Authority: Discusses quarterly financial […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  July: 30: Earnings call: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) will discuss its quarterly financial performance during a conference call with analysts starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.  August: 02: Conference: The Women in Nuclear Conference kicks off in Seattle, Wash.  03: Earnings Call: […]

An article in the July 17 Morning Briefing [DOE still restricting access to DNFSB, board says] should have also reported enabling legislation for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board also gives it access to Department of Energy facilities, personnel and information.

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  JULY  21: NRC Meeting: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission meets with outside experts starting at 9 a.m. at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md., to discuss development of advanced reactors.  21: Meeting: The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board meets starting at 9 a.m. […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  JULY  15: Meeting: House Cleanup Caucus event begins at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Rooms 2043 and 2044 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.  16: Meeting: The Paducah Site-Specific Advisory Board neets starting at 5:30 p.m. Central Time at […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  June JULY  15: Meeting: House Cleanup Caucus event begins at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Rooms 2043 and 2044 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.  August: 02: Conference: The Women in Nuclear Conference kicks off in Seattle, Wash.  05: […]