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- Senate EPW Democrats continue to question NRC’s role under Trump
- House passes Energy and Water apps bill in a tight vote
- Oklo to build a fuel recycling plant in Oak Ridge
- TVA and ENTRA1 agree to deploy 6,000 megawatts of nuclear generation
- World nuclear units produce record output in 2024, report says
- BWXT and Kairos partner up on TRISO
- Aalo breaks ground for DOE pilot reactor project
- LANL team studies use of nuclear waste for nuclear fusion fuel
- Round Up: UEC announces uranium refining subsidiary; Gracio tapped as PNNL director; Westinghouse signs UK MOUs
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 33
Read Full Issue- House energy and water apps bill passes by single vote
- Senate and House NDAA next week
- Los Alamos launches OpenAI models on Venado supercomputer
- Five organizations get green light on SLCM-N prototype designs
- LANL issues statement of findings for powerline project, alternatives not ‘reliable’
- Inspector General says NNSA fixed some weaknesses in unclassified cyber program
- DNFSB makes agency fixes, but needs members, GAO finds
- BWXT and Kairos partner up on TRISO
- Wrap-up: Israel’s expanding secret nuclear weapons; IAEA at Zaporizhzhia for 3 years; defense official for Ukraine and Russia leaves
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- Senate EPW Democrats continue to question NRC’s role under Trump
- Five organizations get green light on SLCM-N prototype designs
- Inspector General says NNSA fixed some weaknesses in unclassified cyber program
- BWXT and Kairos partner up on TRISO
- World nuclear units produce record output in 2024, report says
- DOE could extend UCOR at Transuranic Waste Center
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- U.S. remains atop global nuclear sector in 2025
- Radiant to provide microreactors for military base
- NASA could soon announce timeline for moon reactor
- Hurdles must be addressed to maintain the current nuclear push, Bechtel exec says
- PNNL studies GE Vernova high burnup fuel
- DOE makes initial selections for reactor pilot program
- Denver airport postpones SMR study amid pushback
- DOE taps Standard Nuclear for first advanced fuel pilot
- Westinghouse, United Arab Emirates look to team up on AP1000 deployment
- Ontario Power’s Pickering waste storage site OK’d by CNSC
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- NEA tracking 74 SMRs under development worldwide
- NEA outlines the spread of SMR projects internationally
- Nuclear energy-related groups urge Energysec Wright to address spent fuel
- Nuclear disposal company backs NIC plan
- OIG questions DOE management of HALEU demonstration contract process
- Japan starts post-Fukushima survey for possible new reactor
- GLE files NRC application for Paducah enrichment facility
- Rolls-Royce SMR, ČEZ begin site work for Czech SMR
- IAEA says inspectors ‘safely’ depart from Iran, power still cut at Zaporizhzhia
- Chinese hackers breach NNSA software, Microsoft says
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- Bi-partisan Senate bill supporting U.S. nuclear exports draws attention
- House members revisit legislative push to encourage nuclear financing at World Bank
- Trump orders seek to speed reactor construction on commercial, defense sites
- Reader Opinion: Leading the way on a new generation of nuclear power
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- Senate NDAA debate this week, House NDAA next week
- House Rules sets stage for debate on energy and water spending
- NRC commissioners to speak at Senate EPW hearing
- TVA and ENTRA1 agree to deploy 6,000 megawatts of nuclear generation
- DOE interested in small contractors for Hanford work
- DoD Russia/Ukraine official steps down after 25 years
- Current waste treatment deals end in December
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- Geimer appointed DOE’s new Hanford Site manager
- Environmental Management nominee Walsh becomes DOE adviser
- White House could tap plutonium reserves for nuclear fuel
- DOE cleanup office seeks more time on WIPP response to DNFSB
- Over 1,000 containers of DUF6 converted to oxide in fiscal 2025
- Five companies land DOE agreements for low-level waste
- Fire did not spread radiological contamination beyond ETEC, report says
- Former DOE staff chief spearheads alumni group
- Wrap Up: EM exec speaks at Fukushima meeting; Naval facility D&D planned at INL; OIG weighs in on NNSA papers
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- New report outlines steps towards U.S. nuclear “energy dominance”
- Palisades plant returns to operational status
- White House could tap plutonium reserves for nuclear fuel
- DOE to supply second cycle of HALEU to three companies
- Fermi and Westinghouse join forces to deploy AP1000s in Texas
- X-Energy, Amazon reach SMR agreement with two South Korean companies
- DOE NE creates nuclear fuel consortium
- Centrus enters MOU for uranium enrichment investment
- House Energy Democrats question DOE role with NRC
- BWXT unveils new advanced fuel subsidiary
- Perma-Fix reports muddled second quarter
- Round Up: Westinghouse’s AP1000 design extended to 2046; TerraPower explores SMR deployment in Utah; X-Energy to develop microreactor with DoD
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 32
Read Full Issue- Senate NDAA provision could protect NNSA staff from DOGE axe
- Gebara expresses optimism on Sentinel flight test, NNSA pit rate
- NNSA teams up with AI company on tool to flag potential nuclear weapons misuse
- Kremlin says drones hit Russia’s biggest nuclear plant on Ukraine’s independence day
- House lawmakers introduce version of AUKUS industrial base collab bill
- Office of Inspector General finds no proof that NNSA published sensitive data
- Sandia lab director says earlier layoffs make further job losses unlikely
- Centrus enters MOU for uranium enrichment investment
- DOE to supply second cycle of HALEU to three companies
- Wrap up: E3 snaps back at Iran; B-21 and B-52 to fly “soon;” DOE DUF6 conversion; more
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- Gebara expresses optimism on Sentinel flight test, NNSA pit rate
- New report outlines steps towards U.S. nuclear “energy dominance”
- Office of Inspector General finds no proof that NNSA published sensitive data
- Over 1,000 containers of DUF6 converted to oxide in fiscal 2025
- SRS waste facilities resume operations after outage
- EM exec participates in annual Fukushima decommissioning forum
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- Palisades plant returns to operational status
- White House could tap plutonium reserves for nuclear fuel
- X-Energy, Amazon reach SMR agreement with two South Korean companies
- Centrus enters MOU for uranium enrichment investment
- DOE to supply second cycle of HALEU to three companies
- House lawmakers introduce version of AUKUS industrial base collab bill
- Sandia lab director says earlier layoffs make further job losses unlikely
- DOE cleanup office seeks more time on WIPP response to DNFSB
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- NNSA teams up with AI company on tool to flag potential nuclear weapons misuse
- Fermi and Westinghouse join forces to deploy AP1000s in Texas
- DOE NE creates nuclear fuel consortium
- Kremlin says drones hit Russia’s biggest nuclear plant on Ukraine’s independence day
- Fire did not spread radiological contamination beyond ETEC, report says
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- Google, Kairos and TVA to collaborate in nuclear energy deal
- Holtec looks to deploy four small modular reactors at Oyster Creek
- Allvin latest casualty in involuntary departures of top officers
- Local Texas environmental group to challenge X-Energy’s proposed SMR
- Oppenheimer’s grandson urges ‘peaceful nuclear renaissance’ in Times article
- Hurdles must be addressed to maintain the current nuclear push, Bechtel exec says
- WIPP records 48 waste shipments in July
- Almost 40 new summer interns at SRNS receive full-time job offers
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- DOE deputy secretary ‘concerned,’ orders plutonium special study in letter to NNSA
- WIPP gets EPA green light for Panels 11 and 12
- Air Force preparing supplemental EIS for Sentinel, scraps 3 town halls
- DOE official: Oak Ridge cleanup won’t happen quickly
- PNNL studies GE Vernova high burnup fuel
- Amentum hires Jacobson as VP for nuclear strategy and growth
- Former BWXT pres now dean of Liberty University School of Engineering
- Coming Up;
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- BWXT-led Hanford waste prime takes week-long safety break
- DOE ‘so close’ to making glass, Hanford boss says
- DOE makes initial selections for reactor pilot program
- Denver airport postpones SMR study amid pushback
- Los Alamos elevator in plutonium facility faces technical failures, DNFSB says
- Lawrence Livermore director named in Forbes 2025 50 over 50
- NuScale sees increased revenue, but awaits SMR orders
- Despite Q2 loss Oklo bullish on Trump executive orders
- Lindsey Graham primary challenger suspends campaign for GOP Senate nod
- NWTRB cancels August meeting; no makeup date set yet
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- U.S. remains atop global nuclear sector in 2025
- Radiant to provide microreactors for military base
- Senators ‘still talking,’ topline near $60 billion for DOE funding bill
- LANL ‘creates distrust by avoiding the public’ on power line, letter to editor says
- Amentum largely avoids DOGE, tariff impacts so far
- Coming Up;
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- Back to the future: California startup plans enrichment facility at Paducah
- Amentum execs bank on nuclear, defense growth
- With Congress in recess, pending DOE/NNSA noms make for a busy fall
- BWXT enjoys strong quarter led by government operations
- DNFSB wants to know how smaller DOE will protect safety
- NMED wants WIPP timetable on infrastructure fixes
- AtkinsRéalis sees significant jump in quarterly earnings
- Leidos reports increase in second quarter earnings
- Centrus earnings decrease in second quarter but increase in HALEU revenue
- NWTRB summer meeting set for Aug. 27
- SRS chief seeks to reassure public on contaminated wasp nests
- Wrap Up: EnergSec dedicates offsite SRNL center; SRS empties another tank; Urenco plan wins NRC OK; more
- Publication Notice
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 31
Read Full Issue- With Congress in recess, pending DOE/NNSA noms make for a busy fall
- Senate defense appropriations bill has deterrence reductions, reconciliation complaints
- Russia exits nuclear treaty with U.S.
- DoD and USAF tightlipped on classification for Qatari Air Force One
- NNSA deploys security simulation tech at Lawrence Livermore
- BWXT enjoys strong quarter led by government operations
- Centrus earnings decrease in second quarter but increase in HALEU revenue
- Leidos reports increase in second quarter earnings
- DNFSB wants to know how smaller DOE will protect safety
- NMED wants WIPP timetable on infrastructure fixes
- Wrap-up: Hiroshima 80th anniversary and Gaza; Navy nuclear reactor solicitation; NNSA increase communities’ security; Italy nuclear tech and more; Obituary
- Publication Notice
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- SMR considered for Denver International Airport
- DOE awards Palisades its fifth loan installment
- NASA could soon announce timeline for moon reactor
- Wright returns to NRC, Caputo officially steps down
- Centrus earnings decrease in second quarter but increase in HALEU revenue
- DOE taps Standard Nuclear for first advanced fuel pilot
- Amentum execs bank on nuclear, defense growth
- X-Energy hires Clark Construction to build Oak Ridge fuel fabrication facility
- Stripping NRC of its independence would be self-defeating, think tank says
- AtkinsRéalis sees significant jump in quarterly earnings
- Environmental group urges Padilla to intercede with NRC on Diablo Canyon seismic risk
- BWXT enjoys strong quarter led by government operations
- House members seek on-site NRC inspectors at retired nuclear plants
- Round Up: Urenco plan wins NRC OK; Oklo to report earnings Aug. 11; Nano Nuclear buys demonstration facility; more
- Publication Notice
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- California enrichment startup signs DOE lease for 100 acres at Paducah
- NASA could soon announce timeline for moon reactor
- Russia exits nuclear treaty with U.S.
- X-Energy hires Clark Construction to build Oak Ridge fuel fabrication facility
- NNSA deploys security simulation tech at Lawrence Livermore
- Amentum to report earnings Wednesday
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- Senate defense appropriations bill has deterrence reductions, reconciliation complaints
- BWXT enjoys strong quarter led by government operations
- Environmental group urges Padilla to intercede with NRC on Diablo Canyon seismic risk
- Trump orders nuclear subs to near Russia, Kremlin urges caution with ‘nuclear rhetoric’
- DOE taps Standard Nuclear for first advanced fuel pilot
- NWTRB summer meeting set for Aug. 27
- Longtime DNFSB inspector retires from federal government
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- EM nominee Walsh advanced by panel despite partisan split
- Hanford Site gets until Oct. 15 to start making glass
- Carlsbad boss dubs GAO report on WIPP infrastructure old news
- Fluor expects SRS pits contract out in coming months
- NNSA says old buildings taken down at Kirtland
- GAO: DOE’s Inspector General needs better audit cost estimates
- Radioactive wasp nest turned up at SRS
- Wrap Up: HII earnings dip; TVA nuke boss resigns; NRC panel takes shape; Texas SMR suit put on hold; Va. nuke board members appointed
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Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 29 No. 30
Read Full Issue- Northrop Grumman completes first qualification test of Sentinel stage-two solid rocket motor
- Fluor expects SRS pits contract out in coming months
- Australia, UK sign treaty to advance AUKUS and nuclear sub development
- Naval operations chief nominee favors more submarine outsourcing
- Sandia develops mobile vaults for NNSA’s Stockpile Responsiveness Program, STRATCOM
- MDA seeks new missile defense launcher for Golden Dome within two years
- Newport News division leads HII’s earnings down in second quarter
- TVA reports increase in third quarter revenue amid nuclear outages
- GAO: DOE’s Inspector General needs better audit cost estimates
- NNSA says old buildings taken down at Kirtland
- DOE selects CEO of energy security foundation
- Pantex readiness assessment turns up issues, DNFSB says
- Wrap-up: IAEA to visit Iran in coming weeks; second B-21; DoD acquisition chief supports HASC’s reform proposal; more
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- Trump nominates Nieh to serve on NRC
- Caputo to step down from NRC amid changes
- Senate confirms David Wright for another term with NRC
- TVA reports increase in third quarter revenue amid nuclear outages
- Westinghouse, United Arab Emirates look to team up on AP1000 deployment
- Fluor expects SRS pits contract out in coming months
- Ontario Power’s Pickering waste storage site OK’d by CNSC
- Lawsuit challenging NRC’s SMR licensing paused until September
- Oswego interested in hosting New York’s next nuclear plant
- Tennessee forgoes sales tax on nuclear projects
- ORNL, Atomic Canyon work on AI to streamline nuclear licensing
- Round Up: TVA chief nuclear officer resigning; Last Energy moves forward in UK; Fermi America, Hyundai E&C signs MOU; X-Energy purchases new testing facility
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- EM nominee Walsh advanced by panel despite partisan split
- Ontario Power’s Pickering waste storage site OK’d by CNSC
- Northrop Grumman completes first qualification test of Sentinel stage-two solid rocket motor
- NNSA says old buildings taken down at Kirtland
- Sandia develops mobile vaults for NNSA’s Stockpile Responsiveness Program, STRATCOM
- Tennessee forgoes sales tax sales on nuclear projects
- Radioactive wasp nest turned up at SRS
