Vol. 37, No. 43 
DOE listening to development offers on Hanford land
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Budget & Policy
Invites go out to new HAB appointees; Nevada advisory board going away?
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) said Tuesday appointment letters have gone out to replacement members for a revamped Hanford Advisory Board (HAB) in Washington state. Meanwhile, the chair of EM’s Site-Specific Advisory Board… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Transuranic Waste
WIPP representatives outline plans for nearly six-month outage in 2027
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant plans (WIPP) currently plans to begin a nearly six-month outage for waste hoist upgrades in July 2027, with work expected to finish in early January 2028, officials said during a Nov. 4 community forum. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]
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Budget & Policy
Senate Appropriations to have many new faces in January
With the Democratic Party seizing the majority in Congress, coupled with retirements on both sides of the aisle, the Senate Appropriations Committee will look a lot different in January 2027 than it did a year earlier. Current Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) lost… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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Budget & Policy
Wilson wins S.C. recount, edging out young Democratic rival
A recount in the middle of the night Wednesday confirmed the reelection of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose district abuts Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., according to local publication Post and Courier. Wilson fought off a challenge from 25-year-old Democrat… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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News & Analysis
Feds break ground on SRS office center
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Monday that contractors have broken ground on what will be a new 22,000-square-foot office center at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. NNSA and construction contractor… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Yucca Mtn. revision bill might wait until new Congress, Fleischmann says
Legislation to effectively remove Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the nation’s exclusive disposal site for high-level waste might have to wait until the new Congress takes office in January,, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) said this week. The Tennessee lawmaker… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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News & Analysis
Editor’s note: Did you get the email?
Hopefully, readers won’t notice any difference but Exchange Monitor Publications was affected by that big Microsoft Outlook outage on Thursday. The outage, sandwiched between Veterans Day on Wednesday and Friday the 13th, made for an interesting week. Our information… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up: House passes nuclear bills; Prow picked as new APTIM CEO; GAO blog focuses on land transfers; more
The House of Representatives passed all six nuclear energy-related bills this week that address varying facets of the nuclear fuel cycle in an effort to streamline licensing and construct more nuclear capacity. On the first day back following the midterm election,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]