Vol. 9, No. 30

Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

Standard Nuclear to produce TRISO at two new facilities

A week after becoming a public company, Standard Nuclear said July 22 that construction is nearly finished on two of its new nuclear fuel facilities in Idaho and Tennessee. SN-TN in Tennessee and SN-ID in Idaho are two identical fuel facilities, which once operational, should produce up to one metric ton of uranium of tri-structural […]
  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    NNSA delivers new nuclear detonation sensors to Space Force

    The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has delivered its fifth next-generation Global Burst Detector (GBD) sensor payload to the U.S. Space Force to monitor nuclear detonations above-ground globally. The payload will be integrated onto a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite before launch, where it will join an existing constellation of sensors that continuously monitor the […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Amentum lands $85M in Navy propulsion work

    Chantilly, Va.- based Amentum said July 23 it has won a contract, worth $85 million spread over three years, to design and overhaul key infrastructure for the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. The work will take place at the Naval Reactors Facility located at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, according to an Amentum […]

  • Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

    Northrop Grumman notes positives for Sentinel, B-21 on earnings call

    On its quarterly earnings call last week, Northrop Grumman reported favorable cost adjustments on the Air Force’s Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program.  Sentinel remains on track for its first flight test in 2027, Kathy Warden, Northrop Grumman’s chair, president and CEO, said Tuesday July 21 on the company’s second quarter earnings call, highlighting a recent […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    NRC plans webinars on reactor licensing rulemaking

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host several webinars during the week of Aug. 3 to Aug. 7 going over its recent proposed rulemaking that would make extensive changes to nuclear licensing processes.  NRC will have three webinars, via Microsoft Teams, to provide an overview of the rulemaking followed by a question-and-answer session. The discussions will […]

  • News & Analysis

    Coming Up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  July: 30: Earnings call: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) will discuss its quarterly financial performance during a conference call with analysts starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.  August: 02: Conference: The Women in Nuclear Conference kicks off in Seattle, Wash.  03: Earnings Call: […]

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