Vol. 9, No. 107

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

BWXT team proceeds with Pantex takeover, announces president

PanTeXas Deterrence got the green light from the National Nuclear Security Administration to begin taking over as management and operations contractor for the Pantex Plant located near Amarillo, Texas. The transition to manage Pantex, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) plant that services all U.S. nuclear weapons, will begin July 15 and end November 14, […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Industry group files in SCOTUS interim storage; no ‘major question;’ expectations shattered

    Congress need not authorize every interim storage site for nuclear waste and an appeals court’s decision that it must destroyed long-held expectations, a nuclear-industry trade group said in a Friday filing with the U.S. Supreme Court. A 2023 ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that outlawed commercial interim storage licensed by the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Senate Armed Services seeks GAO reports on infrastructure, other nuke cleanup issues

    As is often the case, the Senate Armed Service Committee is using a must-pass defense policy bill to have a congressional watchdog delve into issues facing the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons cleanup complex. Based on the bill report, here is a summary of what Senate Armed Services wants the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to […]

  • Budget & Policy

    N.M. lawmakers continue to press case for updating RECA

    Several members of the New Mexico congressional delegation used an opinion column in a state newspaper to continue calling for extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. A bill to do exactly that has passed the Senate but awaits action in the House of Representatives. “The version of [the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act] RECA […]

  • News & Analysis

    This week

    Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 17: Public meeting, comment gathering, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff: to clarify or supplement the March 4, 2024, 10 CFR 2.206 petition regarding a seismically initiated severe accident at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant. 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Members […]

  • News & Analysis

    CORRECTION

    The story “NNSA to survey for aerial radiation in Milwaukee ahead of RNC this week” from Morning Briefing – July 9, 2024, should have said “NEST is part of the Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation, which aims to provide early threat indications, inform of nuclear materials globally, and prevent adversaries from obtaining and detonating a […]

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