Vol. 7, No. 51

Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

Head of Nevada site prime to step down

Mark Martinez planned to retire as president of Mission Support and Test Services, the Honeywell-led prime contractor for the Nevada National Security Site, according to people familiar with Martinez’s plans. A spokesperson for Mission Support and Test Services (MSTS) did not reply to a request for comment. Martinez has been president of MSTS since the […]
  • Defense & Military

    Army Corps to start new sampling on Monday for contamination at St. Louis school

    Two days after a U.S. Senator asked President Joe Biden to intervene, the Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to do more sampling for signs of radioactive contamination “inside and outside” the Jana Elementary School building in Greater St. Louis. The Corps St. Louis Field Office will expand upon its earlier sampling to include soil […]

  • Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

    NRC will not comment on Nevada gambit to kill Yucca, agency tells congresswoman

      The Nuclear Regulatory Commission told a Nevada congresswoman in a recent letter that it was still considering a motion from the Silver State aimed at killing the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. NRC has Nevada’s Sep. 20 request to reopen the agency’s licensing proceedings for the Yucca Mountain site “under advisement in its […]

  • Contracts & Procurement

    Paducah Site contract oral arguments set Dec. 8

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit planned to hear oral arguments at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Dec. 8 in Washington to consider whether Swift & Staley is  ineligible for a small business contract it won in 2020 for infrastructure support services at the Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky. The […]

  • Budget & Policy

    This week

    Here are some events related to defense and civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week. 24: Meeting: The Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant holds a public forum starting at 5:30 p.m. Central Time at Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino in Santa Fe. The meeting will also be carried online.  […]

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