Vol. 11, No. 30

Data Centers & Energy Demand

DOE looks to squeeze up to 5 GW out of current nuclear fleet by 2029

The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy has unveiled a new effort to add 2,500 megawatts of nuclear power to the grid by 2027 through uprates to existing plants and restarting some closed reactors. The Utility Power Reactor Incremental Scaling Effort (UPRISE) program aims to bring 2,500 megawatts of additional power by 2027 and […]
  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    Planning needed for waste from new nuclear sources, industry exec says

    PHOENIX – The chair of an industry working group on waste management hopes sponsors of new nuclear projects will soon start sharing details on how they plan to deal with the resulting waste. “We have got SMRs [small modular reactors] … popping up, micro reactors, uranium enrichment, spent fuel recycle, “ said Firewater President and […]

  • International

    SASC Democrat criticizes potential special forces in Iran, demands report of war costs

    Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, demanded a report by the Pentagon summarizing total war costs of Operation Epic Fury, or the Donald Trump administration and Israel’s combat operations in Iran. “I will not support a blank check for this war of choice,” Reed said on the Senate floor […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Senate panel to discuss DOE work on Trump’s executive orders

    The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold  a hearing Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to review the Department of Energy’s  implementation of President Donald Trump’s May 23, 2025 executive orders. Testifying at the hearing will be DOE Office of Nuclear Energy head Ted Garrish, DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Director John Wagner and Kairos […]

  • Naval Nuclear Propulsion

    HII subsidiary and unions ratify collective bargaining agreements

    Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said March 12 all five labor union bargain units at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., ratified new collective bargaining agreements running through March 2031.  The company announced the labor agreements in a press release.  Huntington Ingalls Industries subsidiaries are part of major joint ventures doing business in the Department […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Budney lands new director post with HII Down Under

    Michael Budney, who formerly led Department of Energy operations at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, has accepted a director post at Mission Technologies, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in Canberra, Australia. Budney announced the appointment Friday March 13 on his LinkedIn page. In the new role Budney will work with the […]

  • National Laboratories

    Coming up:

    Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  March:  16: Ukraine Nuclear Briefing: The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe holds a briefing on “Nuclear Power and Nuclear Powers: Lessons from Ukraine” starting at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time at Cannon House Office Building, Room 360 in Washington, D.C.  19: […]

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