Vol. 9, No. 33 DOT, Port of Corpus Christi team up to explore maritime SMR technologies
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
GAO: NNSA faces gaps in $140B uranium enrichment plans
The National Nuclear Security Administration is planning roughly $140 billion in uranium enrichment efforts through 2105, but has not provided Congress with required cost information, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. NNSA’s current inventory of low-enriched uranium and highly enriched uranium is expected to meet national security requirements into the 2040s, GAO […]
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Naval Nuclear Propulsion
New BWXT VP will oversee both nuclear power, security issues
Lynchburg, Va., -based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has tapped industry executive Suzanne Maddux as its senior vice president for operations, reporting directly to CEO Rex Geveden, the company said last week. In this role, Maddux “will support the company’s continued growth in nuclear national security and commercial nuclear power markets,” BWXT said in an Aug. 20 […]
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Transuranic Waste
DOE promotes Toothman to No. 2 post at Carlsbad
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has promoted Mindy Toothman to be deputy manager at the Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico. In the new role, Toothman will assist DOE Carlsbad Manager Mark Bollinger in overseeing operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which is the nation’s only deep disposal site for […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Carlsbad, other DOE sites face week of 100-degree temps
Carlsbad and Eddy County, N.M., the area where the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is located, is facing 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 to […]
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Budget & Policy
White House links nuclear energy to national security and deterrence
The White House’s new science and technology strategy elevates nuclear energy to a critical technology for national security, while also emphasizing the need for a survivable and credible nuclear deterrent. The August 2026 National Security Science and Technology Strategy identifies nuclear energy as one of 12 “key enabling technologies” that the White House says agencies […]
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International
Bechtel to lead construction of Poland’s nuclear power plant
Bechtel will oversee development of Poland’s first nuclear power plant, according to a press release this month from Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), the Polish company behind the project PEJ said in an Aug. 6 press release it handed over the leading role to Bechtel, its general contractor, as construction for the site begins. In this […]