Vol. 9, No. 33

Budget & Policy

Senate Appropriations could look much different in January

With the Democratic Party seizing the majority in Congress, coupled with retirements on both sides of the aisle, the Senate Appropriations Committee will look a lot different in January 2027 than it did a year earlier. Current Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) lost her re-election bid to political newcomer Troy Jackson (D) last week ending her […]
  • International

    Canada plans to invest C$518 million in national nuclear strategy

    The Canadian government proposes to spend C$518.5 million (US $367 million) over the next five years to grow its nuclear power output as a part of its Nuclear Energy Strategy. On Nov. 5, Canada released its proposed 2026 federal budget that covers its 2026-2027 fiscal year and outlines several multi-year funding projections and trends. Canada’s […]

  • Defense & Military

    Two House Armed Services GOP reps lose in blue surge

    Two senior Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, including a potential frontrunner for the panel’s top GOP role, have lost their reelection bids. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) had their races called by the Associated Press on Thursday Nov. 5, continuing a wave of top defense committee members voted out of […]

  • Defense & Military

    Hruby says U.S. must restore its “nuclear IQ” given China-Russia challenge

    BURBANK, Calif. — Former National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Jill Hruby said the U.S. government needs to rebuild its understanding of nuclear weapons’ effects as it weighs deterrence in a changing strategic environment involving Russia, China and other nuclear-armed states. At the third annual Outrider Nuclear Media Summit, held Oct. 22-23 at Warner Bros. Studios, […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Work to get underway on SRS office center

    The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Monday that contractors have broken ground on what will be a new 22,000-square-foot office center at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. NNSA and construction contractor Hensel Phelps broke ground Nov. 4 on the Savannah River Office Complex located in the Site’s H Area, […]

  • News & Analysis

    TVA board quorum could lapse come January 2027

    The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Tuesday could be the panel’s last meeting with a voting quorum for a while as two members’ face a ticking clock. TVA members Arthur Graham and Bobby Klein’s terms officially expired on May 18, but still serve on the board until the new congressional […]

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