Vol. 10, No. 16

Budget & Policy

Detailed budget and NDAA delayed for few more weeks, Wicker says

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on June 5 that the Trump administration’s detailed fiscal year 2026 budget request will likely not be available for “several more weeks.”  While the White House has put forth a skinny budget outline and an appendix with additional topline details it has yet […]
  • Budget & Policy

    House Energy and Commerce subcommittee to hear from EnergySec on DOE budget

    The House energy and commerce energy subcommittee will hear testimony Tuesday on the Department of Energy’s fiscal 2026 budget from Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. This will be Wright’s third hearing on the DOE budget, with the first one taking place with the House appropriations energy and water subcommittee and the second taking place with […]

  • Reactor Licensing & Regulation

    Cutting NRC staff can actually hurt nuclear deployment, ANS advisory group says

    The Donald Trump administration’s nuclear executive orders are a “significant step forward” for accelerated nuclear deployment, but could undermine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an American Nuclear Society expert group said recently. On May 23, the Trump administration released a handful of executive orders to speed up new reactor licensing and construction and generally bolster the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Radwaste Summit to analyze nuclear waste, energy expansion

    SAVANNAH, GA.— Exchange Monitor’s 19th annual Radwaste Summit kicks off here Tuesday with discussions on expanding nuclear energy generation, a priority with the White House, while addressing spent fuel issues. This year’s conference starts at 2 p.m. Eastern Time with an introduction by senior nuclear safety consultant Larry Camper followed by a panel discussion on […]

  • Defense & Military

    MDA Golden Dome industry summit cancelled, no new date set

    The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on June 2 abruptly canceled an industry summit for the Golden Dome air and missile defense initiative.  The summit was set to occur in downtown Huntsville, Ala., on June 11. MDA said that “an announcement will be made on SAM.gov if/when a new date and location are planned.”  In a […]

  • Advanced Nuclear & SMRs

    Radiant appoints Rita Baranwal as its chief nuclear officer

    Radiant has appointed former Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Rita Baranwal as its first-ever chief nuclear officer on June 3. The El Segundo, Calif. based nuclear startup company adds Baranwal to its executive team subsequently after it closed off a $165 million Series C funding round on May 28 and was selected […]

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