Vol. 9, No. 33 South Carolina open to borehole disposal in DOE lifecycle hub project
-
Contracts & Procurement
Kratos wins $156M NNSA contract for mobile counter-drone platforms
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received a $156 million contract from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to provide mobile counter-unmanned aircraft systems for the Office of Secure Transportation’s Project Solar Shield. The sole-source, single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will support the NNSA Office of Secure Transportation (OST), Kratos announced July 21. OST is responsible for […]
-
International
Trump: Nuke agreement with Saudis off without Israel clause
While the Department of Energy announced a nuclear agreement was reached and signed by the United States and Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump said on social media the agreement “will be approved” but hasn’t yet. DOE said July 22 that U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman […]
-
Interim Storage & Waste Disposal
DOE still needs ‘one to two’ repositories for spent nuclear fuel, NWTRB says
In pursuing a pathway to waste disposal through the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, the Department of Energy will still likely need one to two deep geological repositories for spent nuclear fuel, the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) said. The NWTRB, established through the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1987, penned a July 24 letter […]
-
National Laboratories
DOE Office of Science needs to be better a steward of domestic isotope production, GAO says
The Department of Energy’s Office of Isotope Research and Development and Production (IRP) needs to implement better practices for managing critical isotopes in the U.S. market, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said last week. In a July 23 report, GAO said IRP, a subagency in DOE’s Office of Science, is the sole domestic supplier of […]
-
Advanced Nuclear & SMRs
Bahran leaves DOE, joins Antares Nuclear as CNO
Rian Bahran, the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy deputy assistant secretary for nuclear reactors, left DOE last Friday and joined microreactor developer Antares Nuclear. Bahran, who was with DOE since January 2025, will now serve as the chief nuclear officer at Antares, beginning this week. In his new role, he will lead the […]
-
Data Centers & Energy Demand
S.C. nuclear watchdog has plenty of Savannah River data center questions
A group that is a vocal critic of the Department of Energy and the nuclear industry in South Carolina said last week it has many questions about federal plans to develop a data center at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, S.C. DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said last week it plans […]