Vol. 6, No. 64

Naval Nuclear Propulsion

Navy Employee Busted in Spy Sting for Trying to Sell Virginia-class Reactor Secrets

A government employee and his wife were arrested over the weekend for attempting this summer to sell classified information about the Virginia-class attack submarine’s nuclear reactor to a foreign government, according to an unsealed criminal complaint dated Friday. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe, were in federal custody by Saturday, according to a Monday […]
  • Cleanup & Remediation

    COVID-19 Case Count Approaches 7,000 for Nuclear Cleanup Complex

    As of Sept. 30, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has recorded more than 6,900 cases of COVID-19 and dozens of fatalities within the weapons complex since the pandemic began, according to data provided Friday by a spokesperson. The number of deaths is now 41 among federal and contractor employees in the DOE […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Centerra to Continue as SRS Security Provider in Near Term

    While no details were provided, a Department of Energy spokesperson officially confirmed late Friday Centerra will continue at least in the short term as security contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. “Yes, they’ll be extended,” the spokesperson said. The federal agency is not working today in observance of the […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    ISP Interim Storage Suit to Move Forward This Week

    A lawsuit challenging a recently-licensed interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel should see some new action this week, court documents show. Tuesday is the deadline for a coalition of anti-nuclear groups to file new motions in their suit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over Interim Storage Partners’ (ISP) proposed spent fuel storage site in […]

  • Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

    This Week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian matters that the Exchange Monitor staff is tracking this week: October 12 – The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant plans a town hall presentation online starting at 5 p.m. Mountain Time on regulatory issues surrounding Panel 8 for underground disposal. 12 –The Department of […]

  • Cleanup & Remediation

    Correction

    An article in the Oct. 6 edition of Weapons Complex Morning Briefing [“DOE Completes Startup Testing for Liquid Disposal at Waste Treatment Plant”] should have said that by December, Hanford crews will gradually start heating up the first melter at the Low Activity Waste Facility to 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Get Published in ExchangeMonitor Publications