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Eleven candidates, including multiple Republicans have filed paperwork with Washington state election officials to compete in an Aug. 4 primary to help select a successor to incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) in the state’s 4th congressional district. The Central Washington district, with a history of supporting Republicans, includes the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. Newhouse, […]

California-based Oklo and Tennessee-based Standard Nuclear entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Tuesday to look into commercial collaboration on nuclear fuel recycling and advanced fuel manufacturing. The collaboration between the two companies comes as both companies were selected for advanced negotiations by the Department of Energy under its Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program last month, […]

An article in the June 10 Weapons Complex Morning Briefing [NWTRB hears international waste repository plans] should have said Finland has reached the waste repository commissioning stage.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public input on the environmental review of Holtec’s two proposed small modular reactors (SMRs) at Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan. Comments on the scope of Holtec’s Palisades SMR project’s environmental impact statement are due by July 15. The agency is looking for public comments to identify possible alternatives, environmental […]

The United States and Iran reached a deal to end the U.S. military campaign in Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz, according to Pakistan’s prime minister, but the questions still remain on Iran’s nuclear program.  Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a mediator between the two parties, told media outlets over the weekend that both […]

Veolia Nuclear Solutions – Federal Services (VNSFS) has appointed Jennie Stults as its vice president of Strategy & Growth, the company announced this week. Stults, who has about 30 years of experience in environmental remediation and business development, was most recently vice president of business development for Amentum’s North American energy and environmental business, according […]

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), the longtime incumbent whose district adjoins the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, used a Sunday opinion column in the Tri-City Herald to defend proposed fiscal 2027 nuclear cleanup funding for Hanford in the bill passed by House Appropriations last month. The comments by Newhouse, a House Appropriations member who is not […]

United Kingdom-based Rolls-Royce SMR has been selected by Swedish nuclear company Videberg Kraft to deploy three small modular reactors (SMRs) on the Värö peninsula on Sweden’s west coast. Videberg Kraft’s project looks to build Sweden’s first nuclear power plant in over 40 years and to add 1,500 megawatts of low-carbon baseload power, according to Rolls-Royce […]

Global spending on nuclear weapons reached a record $118.8 billion in 2025, driven largely by increased U.S. investments in nuclear modernization programs, according to a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The report released this week estimates the United States spent $69.2 billion on nuclear weapons activities last year, accounting for […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  June 16-17: Annual Meeting: The annual meeting (hybrid) of the Energy Facilities Contractor Group (EFCOG) kicks off from 101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. 17: Hybrid Meeting: The Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board for the Nevada National Security Site meets starting […]

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was hospitalized Sunday according to reports from national news organizations. “Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning,” spokesperson David Popp said in a statement,” quoted by NBC News and other major outlets. “He is receiving excellent care.” Popp did not share additional details, according to the NBC report. McConnell, […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who has sued the Department of Energy while in his current post, will face Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in a primary runoff on June 23 to determine who will be the Republican nominee for governor in the November election. President Donald Trump has endorsed Evette while Texas Sen. Ted […]

The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant was reconnected to external power June 13 after repairs to a damaged backup transmission line were completed under a localized ceasefire brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the agency said on X. The plant lost connection to its 330-kilovolt Ferosplavna backup power line late June 11 due to […]

The U.S. Navy has started early work to establish a new naval support activity (NSA) in Perth, Western Australia, as of May 30 as part of the AUKUS trilateral partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Navy said NSA Stirling is due to provide support services and programs for service members, […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has chosen Jody Martin to serve as the secretary of commission, effective in July, the agency said June 10. Martin, who currently serves as the deputy director of the NRC’s Office of International Programs, will succeed Carrie Safford, who is set to leave NRC this summer after being with the agency […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday it has renewed the license for the Hatch Nuclear Plant in Baxley, Ga.,in under 12 months.. The Edwin Hatch nuclear plant, owned by Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power, received its second license renewal. According to NRC’s June 12 press release, Hatch Unit 1 is now licensed to run through […]

Los Alamos National Laboratory updated its sitewide seismic hazard analysis and is expected to influence future facility design, safety-basis evaluations and infrastructure projects supporting the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) nuclear weapons mission. According to a Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) report from May 22, the updated probabilistic seismic hazard analysis was recently approved […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a new rulemaking Monday that would move its mandatory hearings in licensing reviews towards the beginning of the process rather than towards the end. According to NRC’s Tuesday press release, the rulemaking, triggered by Executive Order 14300 and the Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act — or the ADVANCE Act […]

The Department of Energy is working with the state of Utah on finalizing an agreement to place a Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus there, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said during a House hearing Wednesday. Wright provided a brief update on DOE’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus, which the agency has been rather tight-lipped on. He was […]

John Mathieson of the United Kingdom, a long-time board member and fellow for the Waste Management Symposia, died June 7, at age 74 following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. His death was announced Thursday by the WM Symposia organization, which sponsors the international nuclear conference in Phoenix. Mathieson had a career spanning more than […]

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors Wednesday approved a U.S.-backed resolution directing Iran to provide a full accounting of its enriched uranium stockpiles and grant inspectors access needed to verify the material’s status. The measure passed the 35-nation board by a vote of 21-3, with 10 abstentions, according to AI-Monitor. Russia, China […]

The Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC), based in Kennewick, Wash., said this week it is too early for locals to panic about a proposed fiscal 2027 budget cut for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. The House Appropriations Committee last week passed out of committee its version of the Energy & Water spending plan for the […]

Starting June 29, the state of Washington’s Department of Ecology kicks off a 120-day comment period on revision of the statewide permit for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash. The state will be taking public comments on Revision 9A between June 29 and Oct. 27, according to a notice on the Ecology […]

The Department of Energy unveiled the finalized version of its Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap on Tuesday. The Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap serves as a national strategy to expedite the development and commercialization of fusion energy on a fast track. The newest fusion strategy aligns DOE and private industry to bring together fusion energy, […]

Two top GOP senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee are opposing a third reconciliation bill, both said during a hearing on the Air Force’s budget Tuesday. The Trump administration’s total $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 defense request is split between $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending and $350 billion the White House has said it will seek […]

The state of New Mexico has rejected the latest hazardous waste permit renewal application for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, citing among other things deficiencies related to oversight of PFAS, sometimes called “forever chemicals.”  Concerns over explosive waste treatment operations and legacy waste management, were also cited by the New Mexico Environment […]