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  • Publication notice

    Exchange Monitor Publications parent company Access Intelligence will be closed on Friday July 3 in observance of the Independence Day holiday, which falls on Saturday, July 4. As a result our weekly publications will post before close of business on Thursday July 3 and there will be no Weapons Complex Morning Briefing posted that day. […]

  • Coming Up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  JULY  02: Webinar: Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) holds session starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss it Integrated Resources Plan options. 15: Meeting: House Cleanup Caucus event begins at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Rooms 2043 and 2044 of the Rayburn […]

  • Coming Up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  June 23: Meeting: The Portsmouth Site Specific Advisory Board meetings starting at 6 p.m. Eastern Time at Ohio State University, Endeavor Center, 1862 Shyville Road, Room 165, Piketon, Ohio 45661.  24: Meeting: West Valley Citizens Task Force meets virtually starting at 6:30 […]

  • Correction:

    An article in the June 10 Weapons Complex Morning Briefing [NWTRB hears international waste repository plans] should have said Finland has reached the waste repository commissioning stage.

  • Coming Up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  June 16-17: Annual Meeting: The annual meeting (hybrid) of the Energy Facilities Contractor Group (EFCOG) kicks off from 101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. 17: Hybrid Meeting: The Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board for the Nevada National Security Site meets starting […]

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  June 09: Meeting; : The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board will host a public meeting starting at 8 a.m. Eastern Time at the AUSA Conference & Event Center  2425 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201.  10: Meeting: The Oak Ridge Site-Specific Advisory […]

  • Publication notice

    Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published on Monday Feb. 16 in observance of the Presidents Day holiday. The next edition of Morning Briefing will be out on Tuesday Feb. 17.

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  February  10: Earnings call: Amentum will hold its quarterly financial results conference call starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.  10: House Cleanup Caucus: Invitation-only  event starts at 5 p.m. E.T. at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.  11: Earnings call: […]

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  February  10: Earnings call: Amentum will hold its quarterly financial results conference call starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.  17: Earnings call: Fluor will discuss quarterly financial results in a call with analysts starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  January 26: Conference: Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit is set for Jan. 26 through 28 in Arlington, Va.  27: Meeting the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board meets starts at 9 a.m. Eastern Time at Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, 4345 Trolley Line Road, […]

  • Correction:

    A Jan. 16 Weapons Complex Monitor article on Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve), included a spelling error in the headline. 

  • Correction:

    A Jan. 13 Weapons Complex Morning Briefing article on Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve), included a spelling error in the headline. 

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  January 20: NRC meeting: The meeting on license renewal issues starts at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.  26: Conference: Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit is set for Jan. 26 through 28 in Arlington, Va.  27: Meeting the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board […]

  • Publication notice

    Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published on Monday Jan. 19 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The next morning briefing will come out Tuesday Jan. 20.

  • New mayor sworn in for Idaho Falls

    Lisa Burtenshaw was sworn in Jan. 8 as the new mayor of Idaho Falls, the city of 69,000 where the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory is based. The swearing-in of the newly-elected Burtenshaw and other members of Idaho Falls City Council, was reported both by local news outlets and the city’s municipal website. The […]

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  January 26: Conference: Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit is set for Jan. 26 through 28 in Arlington, Va.  27: Meeting the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board meets starts at 9 a.m. Eastern Time at Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, 4345 Trolley Line Road, […]

  • Publication Notice:

    In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Radwaste & Materials Monitor will not publish again until Friday Jan. 9. Exchange Monitor staffers are off Dec. 25-26 as well as Jan. 1-2. The Monitor wishes you a happy and safe holiday season!

  • Publication Notice:

    In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Weapons Complex Monitor will not publish again until Friday Jan. 9. Exchange Monitor staffers are off Dec. 25-26 as well as Jan. 1-2. The Monitor wishes you a happy and safe holiday season!

  • Publication Notice:

    In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Nuclear Security and Deterrence Monitor will not publish again until Friday Jan. 9. Exchange Monitor staffers are off Dec. 25-26 as well as Jan. 1-2. The Monitor wishes you a happy and safe holiday season!

  • Publication Notice:

    In observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not publish again until Monday Jan. 5. Exchange Monitor staffers are off Dec. 25-26 as well as Jan. 1-2. The Monitor wishes you a happy and safe holiday season!

  • Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  January 26: Conference: Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Deterrence Summit is set for Jan. 26 through 28 in Arlington, Va.  27: Meeting the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board meets starts at 9 a.m. Eastern Time at Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, 4345 Trolley Line Road, […]

  • Publication Notice

    Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will not be published Wednesday through Friday. Your next edition of Morning Briefing will be Monday Dec. 1. 

  • Ex-DOE offshore wind staffer to lead DOE Alumni Network

    Jocelyn Brown-Saracino, who spent 15 years with the Department of Energy, has been selected to head the DOE Alumni Network, Tarak Shah, former DOE chief of staff during the Joe Biden administration, announced last week on LinkedIn. “Having gotten to know Jocelyn over this search process, I am SO excited that she is going to […]

  • Publication notice

    Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Nuclear Security & Deterrence 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.

  • Publication notice

    Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Radwaste & Materials 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.

  • Publication notice

    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. 

  • Publication Notice

    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.

  • Correction:

    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.

  • Correction

    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.

  • Former BWXT pres now dean of Liberty University School of Engineering

    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 […]