Vol. 36, No. 40 
Walsh officially sworn in as EM-1
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High-Level & Tank Waste
Idaho lab’s IWTU to remain offline into 2026
Already offline for most of 2025, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, will remain out of service until early 2026, a DOE spokesperson said this week. After DOE and Amentum-led contractor Idaho Environmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
Portsmouth, Paducah union reps troubled by shutdown limbo
United Steelworkers (USW) representatives at the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth and Paducah Sites say they are troubled by lack of information coming from DOE and its contractors during the government shutdown. In an online conversation Wednesday, union representatives told Exchange Monitor they are reaching out to elected officials from Kentucky and Ohio about confusion and […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB authority reduced with only one member
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) will lose some of its watchdog powers but will retain others, even while down to one member, the departed acting chair of the board Thomas Summers said last week. This is the second article resulting from Exchange… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be […]
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Budget & Policy
DNFSB praises former Acting Chair Summers
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) officially announced Saturday Oct. 18 that Acting Chair Thomas Summers has ended his service with the agency following the expiration of his five-year term. “Mr. Summers served the board with distinction, most… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Transuranic Waste
New Mexico should not hold up out-of-state shipments to WIPP, ECA says
The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) should stay open to shippers of defense-related transuranic waste from across-the-country, the Energy Communities Alliance told New Mexico’s Environment Secretary James Kenney in a letter Friday. The… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Vitrification & Grout
First few canisters filled at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
The Department of Energy Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site in Washington state has filled seven canisters with vitrified tank waste as of Friday Oct. 17, according to DOE. As of Friday morning, Oct. 17 at Hanford “7 containers were full, an 8th… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must […]
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Budget & Policy
With Griffith out, Fitzsimmons becomes acting undersecretary of energy
Following published reports that Preston Wells Griffith was being forced out as undersecretary of energy, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced Friday the appointment of Alex Fitzsimmons as acting undersecretary. Fitzsimmons, like Griffith, served in the first… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Uranium Enrichment & Fuel Cycle
Wrap Up: Centrus plans earnings call; Bill highlights reactor decom $$; BWXT hires Canada gov VP; more
Bethesda, Md.-based uranium broker and enrichment technology developer Centrus Energy will hold its third quarter earnings call for this year on Nov. 6 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The company’s third quarter, which ended on Sept. 30, will also be released on Nov.… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged […]