Vol. 9, No. 69

Budget & Policy

SASC sends NDAA to floor with $25 billion for NNSA and $150 million to DOE’s nukes

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 22-3 Friday to advance the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act to the Senate floor with provisions that would authorize $25 billion to the National Nuclear Security Administration and $150 million to the Department of Energy’s nuclear energy activities. The Senate committee’s version of the national defense policy bill would […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    After 5 years, Ike White era ends, Robertson takes charge at DOE cleanup office

    After spending five years as acting boss of the Department of Energy’s $8-billion Office of Environmental Management, William (Ike) White has passed the keys to another longtime fed, Candice Robertson. The previously-announced transition is officially reflected in a new organizational chart posted Friday by DOE’s nuclear cleanup office. The chart shows Robertson as senior adviser […]

  • Stockpile Stewardship

    LLNL uses quantum computing to collect data for stockpile stewardship

    Scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California developed an algorithm to simulate nuclear reaction rates, which are tough to make in a lab, to collect data to maintain the nuclear weapons stockpile, according to a press release. The hybrid computing scheme “successfully” simulated the scattering of two neutrons, which can […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Orders for electric vehicles, chargers ramp up at DOE cleanup sites

    The Department of Energy nuclear cleanup office placed orders for 219 zero-emissions vehicles in fiscal 2024, which accounts for 89% of the total throughout the department, the Office of Environmental Management at the agency said last week. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management has to date also installed a total of 120 charging ports, the department […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    This Week

    Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. June 17-18: Meeting: The Energy Facilities Contractors Group two-day annual meeting is set for the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. The general session starts at 8 a.m. on the second day. 18: Senate vote: S.870 – Fire Grants […]

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