EnergySec Wright defends shrinking workforce at DOE, says clarity on reorg in next few weeks
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Budget & Policy
DoD places big bets on reconciliation funds for major ‘26 programs, lawmakers offer caution
The Pentagon is placing big bets that the eventual reconciliation bill will provide large portions of the fiscal 2026 funding for some major weapons programs such as the Golden Dome project and B-21 bomber, according to a document obtained by affiliate publication Defense Daily. These bets come as Senate appropriators have cautioned against leaning too […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Sentinel restructuring an early focus for Air Force secretary
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday that the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel future intercontinental ballistic missile has consumed the most of his time than any program thus far in his two and a half weeks on the job. Meink said this as the Air Force restructures the program after a Nunn-McCurdy cost […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
SecNav says Navy should consider competing SSNs
The Secretary of the Navy Tuesday said the government should consider having the two submarine shipbuilders compete on the next version of the Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN). “I think in the next Virginia class, we have to really consider having HII [Huntington Ingalls Industries] build and EB build versus the two of them, co-building. I […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Air Force may build microreactor at Eielson AFB, Alaska
The Department of the Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency’s energy office plan to award California-based Oklo, Inc. a 30-year, firm fixed price contract for a microreactor, likely at Eielson AFB, Alaska. The contract is contingent upon Oklo receiving a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Oklo “would be required to site, develop, […]
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Plutonium Pit Production
Griffin tapped as new SRNS CEO, replacing retiring Carr
The Department of Energy’s prime contractor at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina has turned to a former DOE executive with more than 35 years in nuclear management to succeed its retiring CEO. Flour-led Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Friday announced Jeff Griffin, a senior vice president, has been picked to succeed Dennis Carr […]
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Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
With nuclear interest surging, public trust key, speakers say
SAVANNAH, GA.—With interest in nuclear energy the highest it has been in years, attaining public trust is vital to development of new reactors and waste disposal projects. That was a recurring theme here during Exchange Monitor’s 19th Radwaste Summit. Only a few years ago, state legislatures across the country would propose a handful of nuclear-related […]
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International
Bolstered U.S. nuclear industry can create opportunities in global market, panel says
WASHINGTON, D.C – The Donald Trump administration’s nuclear-related executive orders can open up the international nuclear market through a bolstered domestic nuclear supply, a panel said at a summit Tuesday. A panel of executives from BWX Technologies, NuScale Power, Terrestrial Energy, Urenco USA and Westinghouse spoke on the elements for global success in the nuclear […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus executive to leave on June 29
Centrus Energy executive Shahram Ghasemian will step down from the company later this month, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission Filing. In the June 6 SEC filing, Ghasemian, who is the company’s senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary, has given notice to Centrus that he will resign from his […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Physics company Nusano announces HALEU program to fuel SMRs
Nusano, a West Valley, Utah-based physics company, announced in a press release Wednesday the launch of a program to produce up to 350 metric tons of high-assay, low-enriched uranium by 2029. The high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) program at Nusano makes it the first private company in the U.S. to offer a HALEU-based nuclear fuel solution […]
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International
Wrap up: Israel conducts non-U.S. approved strike on Iran among nuclear talks; NNSA removes cesium irradiators; budget delays; Padilla taken down at Homeland Security press conference; more
Israeli officials took credit for attacks on Tehran’s military and nuclear facility early Friday morning, even without approval from President Donald Trump or the International Atomic Energy Agency, media outlets like the New York Times reported. The attack comes just before the United States and Iran were to resume high-level talks over Tehran’s nuclear program […]