Archive
Issues
-
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 30 No. 21
Read Full Issue- Environmental document, decision clear way for expanded Sandia ops
- Air Force could transfer funds to ICBMs from other programs in 2027 HASC proposal
- Livermore, Kansas City execs discuss nuclear modernization
- Navy looks to eventually assemble battleship at HII Newport News
- Chief of Naval ops details new Ohio SSBN extension strategy
- Reprocessing “not ready for primetime” and poses proliferation concerns, Roecker says
- Merkley still concerned about “gold standard” nuclear agreement with Saudis
- White House pursues non-disclosure agreements for federal employees
- LANL exec says nuclear enterprise entering ‘fourth age of deterrence’
- Los Alamos lab faces increasing electric power demands amid AI growth, exec says
- Wrap Up: Rubble cleared from Y-12 site; Los Alamos wildfire meeting set; Cornyn loses Texas primary
-
- Reprocessing “not ready for primetime” and poses proliferation concerns, Roecker says
- Oklo possible recipient of Cold War-era plutonium for fuel
- NRC begins accelerated review for Orano’s Project IKE uranium enrichment facility
- New York should pump the brakes on adding new nuclear power, former NRC chair Jaczko says
- DOE approves startup’s preliminary safety analysis for test microreactor
- Antares signs HALEU deal with Urenco
- Deep Fission holds initial public offering
- Nebraska study finds four potential advanced reactor sites
- Senate incumbent Cornyn loses GOP primary runoff in Texas
- Round Up: NANO buys transportation services company; Minnesota lawmakers fund nuclear study; NRC receives medical isotope facility CPA and more
-
- Livermore, Kansas City execs discuss nuclear modernization
- DOE approves startup’s preliminary safety analysis for test microreactor
- Benton County, Wash., wants to keep WIPP open to Hanford
- Navy looks to eventually assemble battleship at HII Newport News
- Chief of Naval ops details new Ohio SSBN extension strategy
- White House pursues non-disclosure agreements for federal employees
- Antares signs HALEU deal with Urenco
- Deep Fission holds initial public offering
- Senate incumbent Cornyn loses GOP primary runoff in Texas
-
- Oklo possible recipient of Cold War-era plutonium for fuel
- Air Force could transfer funds to ICBMs from other programs in 2027 HASC proposal
- NRC begins accelerated review for Orano’s Project IKE uranium enrichment facility
- Committee wants DOE report on West Valley waste
- FUSRAP would get no new funds in 2027 under House Apps bill
- Merkley still concerned about “gold standard” nuclear agreement with Saudis
- Demolition rubble cleared away from Alpha-2 site at Oak Ridge
- VNSFS makes personnel hires for engineering and technology
-
- DNFSB would again receive $42 million under House Apps bill
- Nebraska study finds four potential advanced reactor sites
- Los Alamos lab faces increasing electric power demand amid AI growth, exec says
- LANL exec says nuclear enterprise entering ‘fourth age of deterrence’
- DOE Inspector General seeks better monitoring of Pacific Northwest Lab consultants
- Democrat House Appropriator to run in redrawn Florida district
- Coming Up:
-
- Newhouse defends $2.8B Hanford funding level in committee proposal
- Many EM sites get trimmed in House Apps bill
- DOE has many details to work out in Hanford grout plan
- Environmental Management brain drain grew worse in 2025, GAO finds
- WIPP receives 55 TRU shipments in April, most since September
- Hanford WTP turns 100,000 gallons of waste into glass form
- DOE, N3B say chromium plume remains unmitigated but no risk to drinking water
- Public rips NNSA pit plan as ‘retroactive rubber stamp’
- GOP incumbents around INL, Paducah Site coast through primaries
- Wrap Up: Fire restrictions at Los Alamos; Would D.C welcome a reactor; NRC member gets full term; more
-
- House Appropriations Committee passes energy and water bill
- NextEra to buy Dominion Energy; creating major nuke-owning power company
- One year ago: A look back on Trump’s executive order to reform NRC
- Senate reconfirms NRC’s Weaver in en bloc package of Trump nominees
- Credible nuclear development is contingent on a credible fuel strategy, panel says
- NRC completes X-Energy’s environmental review for Texas SMR project
- The time for nuclear investment has come, Gallego says
- DARPA awards $1.5 million to City Labs for nuclear battery technology
- GOP incumbents around INL, Paducah Site coast through primaries
- NRC accepts NANO Nuclear’s university microreactor for review
- Round Up: TNC launches nuclear security platform; Indiana bids to become NRC agreement state; New nuclear fuel recycling company emerges and more
-
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 30 No. 20
Read Full Issue- House Appropriations passes energy and water bill, includes less NNSA funds than Trump
- Nuclear lawmakers protest nonproliferation cuts during bill markup
- NNSA touts early FPU completion of W76-related project
- Shipbuilding plan reveals battleship will be nuclear powered and armed
- Navy confirms nuclear fuel for Trump-class battleship; Dem questions remain
- Public rips NNSA pit plan as ‘retroactive rubber stamp’
- NNSA completes KC NeXT Phase 1
- Fischer criticizes lack of SLCM-N funding, discourages reconciliation process
- WIPP receives 55 TRU shipments in April, most since September
- USAF to meet potential support equipment suppliers for B-52 CERP
- Iran NPT exit could spur regional proliferation, scholar warns
- Wrap up: Two subs per year by 2032; primary race results affect energy lawmakers; Los Alamos fire restrictions
-
- House Appropriations passes energy and water bill
- Newhouse defends $2.8B Hanford funding level in committee proposal
- NNSA touts early FPU completion of W76-related project
- Credible nuclear development is contingent on a credible fuel strategy, panel says
- Hanford WTP turns 100,000 gallons of waste into glass form
- NRC completes X-Energy’s environmental review for Texas SMR project
- NRC accepts NANO Nuclear’s university microreactor for review
- GOP incumbents coast to primary wins in the land of Idaho National Lab
- Paducah’s congressman has no trouble in GOP primary
-
- Environmental Management brain drain grew worse in 2025, GAO finds
- NNSA completes KC NeXT Phase 1
- Senate reconfirms NRC’s Weaver in en bloc package of Trump nominees
- Fischer criticizes lack of SLCM-N funding, discourages reconciliation process
- DOE, N3B plan public briefing on Los Alamos chromium plume
- DARPA awards $1.5 million to City Labs for nuclear battery technology
- Los Alamos County under outdoor fire restrictions
-
- House full committee markup of fiscal 2027 energy and water bill Wednesday
- Public rips NNSA pit plan as ‘retroactive rubber stamp’
- NextEra to buy Dominion Energy for nearly $67 billion
- USAF to meet potential support equipment suppliers for B-52 CERP
- WIPP receives 55 TRU shipments in April, most since September
- Iran NPT exit could spur regional proliferation, scholar warns
- Indiana sets out to become an NRC agreement state
-
- Shipbuilding plan reveals battleship will be nuclear powered and armed
- Navy confirms nuclear fuel for Trump-class battleship; Dem questions remain
- Senate EPW panel to examine three federal nuclear bills
- The time for nuclear investment has come, Gallego says
- Senate Energy member loses in Louisiana GOP primary
- Coming Up:
-
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 30 No. 19
Read Full Issue- House Energy and Water passes request for $27 billion for NNSA, less than White House
- NNSA’s Williams expresses disappointment in SRPPF
- Wright: ‘not a need for explosive testing,’ Williams says multidimensional problem
- Graham criticizes DOE reprogramming of Savannah River funds to Los Alamos pit work
- NNSA completes largest international HALEU shipment
- DOE needs long-term plan for test reactor’s spent fuel storage, GAO says
- Naval reactor office could save billions partnering with EM, but risk involved, GAO says
- High Explosives Facility completed at Pantex
- Air Force examining government-owned technical data library for B-2
- Post ceasefire, Russia tests nuclear ballistic missile that could deploy in 2026
- Idaho makes first remote-handled TRU shipment to WIPP in years
- DNFSB touts revamped public website
- Wrap up: Ted Wyka retiring in June; DeLauro statement on JCPOA exit anniversary; Smith visits Newport News Shipbuilding; more
-
- DOE NE gets boost in House Apps bill; NRC sees level funding between House and White House request
- DOE awards $94 million to several companies to support U.S. SMR deployments
- Nuclear industry must now begin to build at scale, Korsnick says
- NRC commissioners offer differing views on fiscal 2027 staff budgeting
- DOE needs long-term plan for test reactor’s spent fuel storage, GAO says
- Groups claim NRC proposal would rubber stamp DOE, Pentagon reactors
- AtkinsRéalis sees uptick in nuclear business as Q1 earnings go up
- Advanced reactors expected to meet future AI needs, Meta official says
- Amentum earnings rise thanks to favorable trends
- AtkinsRéalis locks in 20-year EPC contract with First American Nuclear
- Feds seek input on maritime SMR
- NuScale sees significant drop in first quarter earnings
- Round Up: Senate to vote on bloc of Trump noms; NWTRB to hold geological repository meeting; TVA board to hold quarterly meeting May 21
-
- House Appropriations bill passed, proposes less than Trump for EM
- DOE executives field Senate Armed Services nuclear cleanup questions
- N3B to remain on Los Alamos cleanup job until 2028
- Idaho makes first remote-handled TRU shipment to WIPP in years
- Amentum earnings rise thanks to favorable trends
- AtkinsRéalis sees uptick in nuclear business as Q1 earnings go up
- Naval reactor office could save billions partnering with EM, but risk involved, GAO says
- AtkinsRéalis reorganizes U.S. nuclear biz
- Wrap Up: Ted Wyka retiring in June; NNSA ships HALEU from Japan; Amentum communications exec to retire; more
-
- NNSA’s Williams expresses disappointment in SRPPF
- Wright: ‘not a need for explosive testing,’ Williams says multidimensional problem
- DOE executives field Senate Armed Services nuclear cleanup questions
- NRC commissioners offer differing views on fiscal 2027 staff budgeting
- Advanced reactors expected to meet future AI needs, Meta official says
- Idaho makes first remote-handled TRU shipment to WIPP in years
- AtkinsRéalis locks in 20-year EPC contract with First American Nuclear
-
- Nuclear industry must now begin to build at scale, Korsnick says
- N3B to remain on Los Alamos cleanup job until 2028
- DOE needs long-term plan for test reactor’s spent fuel storage, GAO says
- Graham criticizes DOE reprogramming of Savannah River funds to Los Alamos pit work
- Amentum earnings rise thanks to favorable trends
- Post ceasefire, Russia tests nuclear ballistic missile that could deploy in 2026
- Oak Ridge advisory board seeks new members
-
- Naval reactor office could save billions partnering with EM, but risk involved, GAO says
- Groups claim NRC proposal would rubber stamp DOE, Pentagon reactors
- Senate EPW to hear from NRC on fiscal 2027 budget request
- NNSA completes largest international HALEU shipment
- High Explosives Facility completed at Pantex
- Amentum plans Tuesday earnings call
- DNFSB touts revamped public website
- Longtime Amentum communications veep Wood to retire
- Environmental Management awards $5-million grant to SRS reuse group
-
-
- Eldercare for old facilities costing EM more nowadays, GAO says
- Trump order seeks shift to firm fixed-price government contracts
- Final SRS, Hanford cleanups remain far into future
- White House again seeking $45 million for DNFSB
- Hanford crews remove waste from 23rd old underground tank
- Fluor earnings rise, revenue down in first quarter 2026
- Earnings up at BWXT due to nuclear opportunities, PCG acquisition
- Centrus sees mixed first quarter earnings to start off 2026
- Legacy Management scientist, engineer promoted
- Wrap Up: AtkinsRéalis makes new hire; Framatome Richland plant clears NRC hurdle; more
-
- Mammoth nuclear investment needed for U.S. goal of 400 GW by 2050, McKinsey says
- NRC looks at microreactor spent fuel transportation process
- California lawmakers backtrack on removing state nuclear ban
- NRC gives Framatome greenlight to expand uranium enrichment in Washington state
- GE Vernova, Blue Energy plan gas-plus-nuclear plant
- NRC to review Radiant’s R-50 microreactor factory application
- Centrus sees mixed first quarter earnings to start off 2026
- Brookfield, Nuclear Company’s new joint venture to lead V.C. Summer project
- Fermi America denies former CEO’s special meeting for shareholders
- Fluor earnings rise, revenue down in first quarter 2026
- Sister utilities in Kentucky team up with X-Energy to explore SMR deployment
- Canada to release new nuclear strategy this year
- Westinghouse selects Poirier to lead global operating plants business
- Round Up: DOE approves Aalo’s safety analysis; NRC OKs Oklo’s topical report; U.S.-U.K. companies collaborate on fusion plant and more
-
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 30 No. 18
Read Full Issue- Murray questions pit master schedule, Beck says LANL pits will triple by end of year
- Senate E&W chair questions two-site plutonium pit solution
- White House again seeking $45 million for DNFSB
- BWXT wins $1.4 billion in naval nuclear propulsion contracts
- Earnings up at BWXT due to opps in nuclear, PCG acquisition
- HII CEO says submarine contracts expected in second quarter
- Centrus sees mixed first quarter earnings to start off 2026
- Russia maintains largest nuclear weapons stockpile, report says
- USAF to modify two B-52s to carry F130 engines this year
- IAEA: drone strike hits Zaporizhzhia laboratory
- HASC’s Wittman sees ‘challenging’ push for $350B in reconciliation funds
- Fluor earnings rise, revenue down in first quarter 2026
- Wrap up: Ted Turner dies at 87; House appropriator includes nuclear triad protection in bill; Jay Tilden new exec at NENSC; Bechtel works with unions on nuclear power projects; more
-
- Murray questions pit master schedule, Beck says LANL pits will triple by end of year
- White House again seeking $45 million for DNFSB
- HII CEO says submarine contracts expected in second quarter
- Centrus sees mixed first quarter earnings to start off 2026
- GE Vernova, Blue Energy to collaborate for ‘gas-plus-nuclear power plant’
- Legacy Management scientist, engineer promoted
- Fermi America denies former CEO’s special meeting for shareholders
-
- Senate E&W chair questions two-site plutonium pit solution
- Eldercare for old facilities costing EM more nowadays, GAO says
- Final SRS, Hanford cleanups remain far into future
- USAF to modify two B-52s to carry F130 engines this year
- NRC accepts Radiant’s R-50 microreactor factory application for review
- Brookfield, The Nuclear Company’s new joint venture company to lead V.C. Summer project
- Westinghouse brings in Poirier to lead global operating plants business
- Bechtel, building trades group focus on nuclear training
-
- California lawmakers backtrack on removing state nuclear ban
- Earnings up at BWXT due to opps in nuclear, PCG acquisition
- Russia maintains largest nuclear weapons stockpile, report says
- Canada to release new nuclear strategy this year
- HASC’s Wittman sees ‘challenging’ push for $350B in reconciliation funds
- Fluor reports on selling NuScale shares
- Fluor Energy Solutions adding experienced VP
-
- Hanford crews remove waste from 23rd old underground tank
- Sister utilities in Kentucky team up with X-Energy to explore SMR deployment
- General Dynamics posts strong first quarter led by shipbuilding
- Fermi America fires former CEO Neugebauer from company
- IAEA: drone strike hits Zaporizhzhia laboratory
- Coming up:
-
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor
Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor Vol. 30 No. 17
Read Full Issue- NNSA Williams: plan to hire 100 federal employees across enterprise
- USAF examining software, construction competition for Sentinel program
- Northrop Grumman sells USAF one B-21 test aircraft
- Electric Boat gets first AUKUS contract to support allied subs
- Y-12 says it meets lithium production goal
- Navy pushes billions to buy first battleship in 2028 with aggressive schedule
- IAEA commemorates Chernobyl 40th anniversary
- Defense, energy secretaries among those evacuated from press dinner
- NMED proposal to revamp WIPP permit sharpens tensions over LANL cleanup
- Carlsbad crowd backs WIPP, pans permit changes sought by state
- Wrap up: Genesis Mission deadline now May 1; HII signs new AI MOU; Amentum taps two new execs; Work crews make headway on SRS D Area cleanup
-
- Carlsbad crowd backs WIPP, pans permit changes sought by state
- NMED proposal to revamp WIPP permit sharpens tensions over LANL cleanup
- Justification offers details of $8.2 billion EM request
- DOE eyes artificial intelligence to help nuclear cleanup; other budget notes
- EM recycling program would have access to Advanced Test reactor fuel
- Amentum taps two new executives
- North Wind inks Army Corps biz
- Defense, energy secretaries among those evacuated from press dinner
- Wrap Up: Genesis Mission deadline now May 1; Work crews make headway on SRS D Area cleanup; Mullis becomes senior VP at UCOR
-
- NRC to debut long-awaited microreactor licensing process
- Air Force picks three companies to deploy microreactors at military bases
- Fuel reprocessing licensing pathway in the works, NRC commissioners says
- DOE makes first round of selections for Launch Pad initiative
- Louisiana makes expansion plans for nuclear manufacturing
- NRC issues subsequent license renewal to Robinson plant in year’s time
- DOE issues RFI to inquire more about space reactor capabilities
- St. Lucie Nuclear Plant gets NRC nod to operate for 20 more years
- Westinghouse picks Sumner as CEO
- X-Energy becomes a public company
- Chernobyl at 40: The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Accident and Where It Stands Now
- Round Up: Genesis Mission deadline now May 1; NRC begins Westinghouse AP1000 design update review; TVA board taps Skaggs as TVA interim CEO and more
-
- NNSA Williams: plan to hire 100 federal employees across enterprise
- Justification offers details of $8.2 billion EM request
- Y-12 says it meets lithium production goal
- DOE makes first round of selections for Launch Pad initiative
- St. Lucie Nuclear Plant gets NRC nod to operate for 20 more years
- Louisiana makes expansion plans for nuclear manufacturing
- North Wind inks Army Corps biz
