Vol. 10, No. 25

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

After backlash, White House reverses most NNSA terminations

The Donald Trump administration paused on firing hundreds of federal employees that worked on the nation’s nuclear weapons for the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, media outlets reported. Late last Thursday, over 300 of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) 1,800 employees were fired, including all probationary employees, through Trump’s Department of […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Sources: Senior execs leaving DOE weapons complex

    With the White House seeking to dramatically shrink the federal workforce, sources told Exchange Monitor recently that senior executives with decades of experience in the Department of Energy’s weapons complex are leaving the government. Those who may be departing, either through taking the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) deferred resignation or other means, such as […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Hanford job cuts decried by Washington Dems

    White House efforts to reduce the federal workforce have hit the Department of Energy’s largest nuclear cleanup project, the Hanford Site, and it does not sit well with Democrats in Washington state. President Donald Trump is “indiscriminately firing workers at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), said in a Friday Feb. 14 […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Environmental Management posts updated org chart

    The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has posted an updated organization chart reflecting that Roger Jarrell is back with the nuclear cleanup office as a senior adviser. The organization chart is dated Feb. 12 and shows Jarrell, who served in a similar role during the early going in the first Donald Trump administration […]

  • News & Analysis

    This Week

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week: February 18: Earnings call. Fluor Corp. will discuss quarterly and annual financial results with Wall Street analysts starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.  18: Meeting: The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management citizens advisory board or the Portsmouth Site will meet […]

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