Vol. 8, No. 124

Contracts & Procurement

Post-merger, most megabuck cleanup contracts to be captained by partners with publicly-traded parent

Should the proposed merger announced last week between Amentum and Jacobs Solutions’s government contracting business become reality, most Department of Energy nuclear cleanup contracts will be held by teams where the lead partner has a publicly-traded corporate parent. That is based on a cursory review of contracts, valued at nearly $1 billion or more, which […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Hawley vows ‘no’ vote on NDAA without funds for nuclear contamination victims

    Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) vowed to vote against the must-pass defense policy bill when it comes before the Senate unless it includes compensation for Missourians potentially exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons work dating back to the Manhattan Project. The fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is set for Senate consideration in the […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Plaintiffs dwindle in Oak Ridge Lab COVID case prior to April 2024 trial

    Three more plaintiffs have pulled out of the COVID-19-related lawsuit brought by some employees of the prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, leaving only two. Plaintiffs Stephanie Bruffey, Gregory Sheets and William Webb have agreed to drop their legal claims against UT-Battelle, the joint venture between the University […]

  • International

    Main power line to Europe’s largest nuclear plant cut amid ongoing combat in Ukraine

    Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant lost its main power connection on Sunday, forcing it to rely on backup electricity for reactor cooling, the U.N.’s nuclear power agency said Sunday. There was no reported timeline for repairing the line. It is the latest in a string of power disruptions to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which […]

  • Budget & Policy

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week 27: Meeting. Massachusetts Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel. Agenda and webcast link to be posted online at the panel’s website. 28: Meeting. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to meet with the Nuclear Energy […]

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