Vol. 11, No. 16

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Kim Budil: NNSA regulatory reform occurring at ‘breathtaking’ speed

The current administration is taking “meaningful action on regulatory reform” on a “breathtaking” timeline at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), according to Kim Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “So I think the biggest thing for us has been the meaningful action on regulatory reform,” Budil said on a panel at Exchange Monitor’s […]
  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    NextEra evaluates strategy to add new nuclear generation

    NextEra Energy is considering adding up to 6 gigawatts or 6,000 megawatts of new nuclear generation in part to help meet artificial intelligence (AI) data center demands. In a Jan. 27 earnings call, the Juno Beach, Fla.-based energy utility said small modular reactors (SMRs) could be built at its existing nuclear power plants or at […]

  • International

    Darlington touts completion of refurbishment project

    Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said Monday it has recompleted refurbishment of Unit 4 at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada.  Darlington staff are currently doing final testing in preparation of returning Unit 4 to operation, OPG said. The major refurbishment project that cost C$12.8 billion (US$ 9.3 billion) is on track to be completed […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    BAE Systems expands Utah ICBM presence

    BAE Systems said Jan. 30 it has opened a new office in Utah north of Salt Lake City to serve as a company hub for intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) sustainment and modernization.  Early last year, the company received a $1.2 billion award from the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s ICBM directorate at Hill Air […]

  • Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle

    Ladd steps in as deputy for Portsmouth-Paducah Office

    With the recent retirement of Reinhard Knerr, April Ladd has become the acting deputy manager of the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office. That is according to a website for the office that oversees the DOE’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio as well as the Paducah Site in Kentucky. Ladd is a certified project director with […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    HII to hold quarterly earnings call Thursday

    Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls (HII) , a shipbuilder and major contractor for the Department of Energy and Department of Defense, will hold a quarterly earnings call with financial analysts this week. HII President and CEO Chris Kastner and other company officials will discuss fourth quarter 2025 financial results with Wall Street analysts starting at 9 a.m. […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    SRS delays work Monday due to winter storm

    Non-essential employees at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina were to report to work three hours later than usual on Monday, following Winter Storm Gianna, which caused significant damage, traffic crashes and fatalities across several states over the weekend. The city of Aiken, where SRS is located, saw about three inches […]

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