Vol. 17, No. 49 
Missing radiation source found in New Jersey; state, federal agencies say they did not use drones to look for it
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Budget & Policy
Still no vote scheduled on spending bill after Trump, Musk, others trash latest stopgap; shutdown at midnight
A partial government shutdown loomed after President-elect Donald Trump this week told congressional Republicans to oppose a three-month continuing resolution. With about 12 hours to go until a shutdown at deadline for RadWaste Monitor, lawmakers were still scrambling to find a bill that could pass the House. A backstop continuing resolution favored by Trump did […]
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International
Congress sends NDAA with Great Lakes radwaste warning to White House
The Senate this week passed the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, sending the annual defense policy bill, this year with a provision about radioactive waste disposal near the Great Lakes, to the White House. The Senate approved the bill 85-14. Voting no were three Republicans, 10 Democrats and one independent who caucuses with Democrats. President […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Amentum reports earnings for the first time; expects profits in 2025
Earnings fell at Amentum Holdings, Chantilly, Va., in fiscal 2024, although the company, which merged this summer with the government contracting and cyber wings of Jacobs, sees better days ahead with new contracts entering the pipeline The most notable of these is a long-term defense-nuclear cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington. […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Centrus says it has domestic-enrichment supply chain ready
Centrus Energy Corp. said its domestic supply chain is in place to produce uranium usable in defense as well as commercial programs. A spokesperson for Centrus told the Exchange Monitor in an email last week that Centrus’ manufacturing supply chain spans 13 states and 14 major suppliers, all of which are American companies. “That gives […]
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Data Centers & Energy Demand
U.K. waste sustainability; Indian Point data center?; New NRC faces at Palisades; more
The United Kingdom-owned Nuclear Waste Services this week released its sustainability report, which outlines the ways the Kingdom’s nuclear cleanup company aims to minimize waste and harmful emissions from its own operations. The state-owned corporation said, among other things, that building a U.K. deep geologic repository for radioactive waste “will create transformational opportunities while challenging […]
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News & Analysis
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