Vol. 9, No. 123

Life Extension Programs

Air Force Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander says 80-4 ‘going well and on time’ 

Development of the nuclear warhead for the Air Force’s next cruise missile so far is not affected by the early parallel development of a sea-launched variant of the warhead for the Navy, the commander of the eighth Air Force said Wednesday. “I have not heard anything like that at all,” Major General Jason Armagost, commander […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Energy and Water approps chair says no ‘topline item agreed to’ for budget; has talked with Chris Wright

    WASHINGTON — Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), chair of the energy and water appropriations subcommittee in the House, told the Exchange Monitor he does not know when a vote on the federal budget would be. “I have not been privy to that,” Fleischmann said here Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol. “But I sure wish we could’ve […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    EnergySolutions exploring deployment of advanced reactors on company sites

    EnergySolutions, Salt Lake City, will consider putting nuclear reactors under development at Terrestrial Energy, a Charlotte, N.C., on some of the Utah-based company’s sites, the companies said Wednesday. In a joint press release, the companies said they signed a memorandum of understanding “to collaborate on the siting and deployment of Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SRS shoring up field rep safety oversight program, DNFSB told

    Department of Energy management at the Savannah River Site told a federal safety watchdog last month steps are underway to strengthen oversight by departmental facility representatives at the nuclear complex in South Carolina. The DOE Office of Environmental Management is employing “trending analysis” and improving collaboration and training for its facility representatives at the Savannah […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC license for DOE’s unbuilt Idaho Spent Fuel Facility lapses

    In a sort of paperwork anti-milestone, the Department of Energy last week asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to terminate a materials license for an unbuilt nuclear fuel handling facility once planned for Butte County, Idaho. “The decision has been made that the facility will not be constructed and therefore the License should be terminated,” reads […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Amentum picks people officer

    Virginia-based Amentum Holdings Monday announced the appointment of Darren Burton as its chief people officer of the publicly traded company with 53,000 employees spread across 80 countries. Burton has more than two decades of experience in corporate personnel management, Amentum said in a Monday press release. Burton’s most recent post was chief people officer at […]

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