Vol. 9, No. 77

Naval Nuclear Propulsion

Kaine says immigration reform needed for AUKUS shipbuilding workforce

Immigration reform is needed to expand the defense and shipbuilding industrial bases and workforces build submarines faster, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services seapower committee said Friday. “The U.S. birth rate is not growing, and even if it started growing tomorrow, we wouldn’t see it for 20 years,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said during […]
  • Budget & Policy

    NNSA prime headcount up but not uniformly, GAO diversity report finds

    The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration should update its racial diversity guides for prime contractors to ensure leading practices are being used, the Government Accountability Office said in a report out Friday. Also, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) May 2023 diversity report for management contractors generally […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    Knolls Laboratory will replace areas for Naval Reactors Laboratory Field Office

    The Department of Energy Knolls Laboratory Site will take part in a project to remove and replace several underground utility sections, some of which are over 70 years old, to include construction of a monument to the Navy and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, according to a summary from the Office of NEPA Policy and […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Energy Security Summit is this week in Washington

    The Exchange Monitor planned to hold its second annual Nuclear Energy Security Summit this week in Washington on June 26-27. The event focuses on domestic and international deployment of U.S. nuclear technology, including power plants and fuel. There is no virtual attendance. Among the scheduled speakers were Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), chair of the House Appropriations […]

  • News & Analysis

    This week

    Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. June 26-27: Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Energy Security Summit, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C. 28: Subcommittee Markup, Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Act, Rayburn 2358-C, 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.  

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