Publications: Nuclear Energy & Radwaste Monitor

The House voted 222-209 Wednesday to approve a stopgap spending bill that will fund the government until Jan. 30 with a loose promise from the GOP that Congress will negotiate on healthcare once the government reopens. The continuing resolution (CR), alongside a three-bill spending package, headed to President Donald Trump’s desk for him to sign […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican chairs of Senate and House Appropriations subcommittees for Energy and Water expect to hold a conference meeting in late January to blend their two versions of a fiscal 2026 spending plan, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), said  Monday. Fleischmann, the chair of the House Appropriations Energy and Water subcommittee, said he and […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – To meet rising energy demands, the United States needs to prioritize building large nuclear reactors, several federal officials said during the American Nuclear Society conference this week. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chair David Wright and Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) said Monday during various panel discussions that small […]

The full Senate is expected to vote early next week on the nomination of Ho Nieh to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Senate will proceed to a roll call vote Tuesday Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, according to the Senate Cloakroom’s Monday post on X. If confirmed, Nieh […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One or two advanced reactor pilot projects should reach criticality by next July Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said here this week at the American Nuclear Society conference. In June, the Department of Energy, sparked by President Donald Trump’s May 23 executive orders, created an advanced nuclear reactor pilot program. Under the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With sweeping changes coming to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, culture change might be the most crucial piece in NRC reform, panelists said Tuesday at the American Nuclear Society conference. President Donald Trump ordered an overhaul of NRC as part of his May 23 nuclear-related executive orders. The president called for streamlining nuclear […]

Earnings rose at AtkinsRéalis Group Montreal, Canada in the third quarter, which the engineering company attributed to “sustained project execution and overhead control”, Ian Edwards, AtkinsRéalis president and CEO, said during a Thursday earnings call. Net earnings for the third quarter ended September 30 were (CAN) $146.7 million (US $104.6 million) or (CAN) $0.88 a […]

Nuclear fuel reprocessing is an overpriced distraction that will slow down nuclear innovation and derail United States’s nuclear leadership if practiced, a former Department of Energy (DOE) official wrote in an opinion piece this week. In a Monday op-ed piece posted on Nuclear Threat Initiative’s (NTI) website, Ross Matzkin-Bridger, senior director of NTI’s Nuclear Materials […]

Earnings rose at Centrus Energy, based in Bethesda, Md., in the third quarter, which the uranium broker and enrichment developer attributed to an increase in the volume of uranium sold. Net earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 were $3.9 million, or $0.19 a diluted share, up from a net loss of $5 million […]

Brendan Rogers, nominated to be assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment, called small modular reactors (SMRs) as a viable option to power military installations at a Senate nomination hearing last week. Rogers, among other Department of Defense nominees, Marc Berkowitz, James Caggy and Joseph Jewell, testified before the Senate Armed Services […]

Amentum has appointed Loren Jones as senior vice president for energy and environment-international. In Jones’s new role, he will “leverage more than 20 years of nuclear industry experience together with the vision and drive to lead Amentum’s growth and success in the United Kingdom, France, Central and Eastern Europe, Australia, Japan and internationally,”  Amentum said […]

Saskatchewan, Canada-based uranium producer Cameco reported Wednesday mixed financial results for the third quarter, ended Sept. 30. Net earnings for the third quarter were (CAN) $32 million (US $22.6 million), or (CAN) $0.07 a share, up from $24 million (US $17 million), or (CAN) $0.06 a share, in the year-ago quarter.  But the company reported […]

Constellation Energy announced plans this week to explore adding 2,000 megawatts of new nuclear power in Maryland while seeking a license extension for its existing nuclear units.  On Tuesday, Constellation released a long-range proposal to develop up to 5,800 megawatts of power generation and battery storage projects in the state. Constellation’s proposal includes a prominent […]

BWX Technologies and Purdue University have signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday (MOU) to partner up on research focused on nuclear manufacturing.  Under the agreement, the two parties seek to advance nuclear manufacturing for advanced nuclear reactor builds, including small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors, according to its press release. “This agreement includes the key […]

Earnings fell at Fluor, Irving, Texas, in the third quarter, which the international engineering and construction company chalked up to a court ruling and the declining share price for Fluor-backed NuScale Power. The biggest blow to earnings was an adverse court decision of $653 million in a completed infrastructure project in Australia, according to Fluor’s […]

BWX Technologies and Rolls-Royce SMR have announced agreements to collaborate on development of Rolls-Royce small modular reactors and future fleets.  Rolls-Royce SMR, a United Kingdom-based nuclear company, signed a nuclear steam generator detailed design contract with BWXT, according to BWXT’s Oct. 28 press release. Along with the contract, the two companies also signed a memorandum […]

The Department of Energy has issued another solicitation for a data center and accompanying power generation, with this project to be developed at the Paducah Site in Kentucky. The DOE’s Office of Environmental Management announced the request for offer (RFO) in a Nov. 4 press release. The online solicitation notice is available here. Responses to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite some signs of hope, as of Exchange Monitor’s Friday deadline, there is not a vote scheduled in the Senate to reopen the government. That is despite a Republican senator’s confidence that would happen. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told a quorum of reporters in […]

The United Kingdom’s Office for Nuclear Regulation has granted EDF Energy permission to decommission the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset, England. The decision came after a public consultation and detailed assessment by Office of Nuclear Regulation specialist inspectors of EDF’s environmental statement and habitats regulations assessment, according to the UK agency’s Oct. […]

New York Power Authority has issued its first solicitations for a proposed 1,000-megawatt nuclear energy project. One of the solicitations includes a request for information seeking information (RFI) from possible development partners with experience building or operating a nuclear power plant, according to NYPA’s Oct. 30 press release. NYPA’s first solicitation seeks “information regarding viable […]

Illinois lawmakers passed a clean energy bill last week that includes the full removal of the state’s decades-long ban on new nuclear energy builds. Senate Bill 25, “Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act”, was passed by the state’s House in a 70-37 vote on Oct. 29 and in the state Senate in a 37-22 vote […]

President Donald Trump this week nominated a former fed, Douglas Weaver, to serve as a commissioner for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. If confirmed, Weaver would take over the vacated position of former NRC commissioner Annie Caputo, who officially resigned in early August. The term will expire on June 30, 2026. Weaver’s nomination was sent to […]

​​Fermi America signed nuclear energy-related deals with two South Korean companies in an effort to advance development of planned Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, the Texas-based company said Monday.  The privately owned Fermi America entered into an agreement with Doosan Enerbility to start forging production of “long-lead-time nuclear equipment”, such as reactor pressure vessels and steam generators, […]

After a competitive bid process, Santee Cooper has approved Brookfield Asset Management’s proposal to complete the two partially built AP1000 reactors at the Virgil C. Summer nuclear site in Jenkinsville, S.C. This move comes as the board of directors at the South Carolina state-owned utility approved the proposal among other key energy projects last week. […]

Energy Northwest has selected a team made up of Kiewit Nuclear Solutions, Black and Veatch and Aecon to complete planning and construction of four small modular reactors at its proposed project near Richland, Wash.  According to Energy Northwest’s Oct. 23 press release, the joint venture, called Cascade Nuclear Partners, will work collaboratively on the first […]

KNOXVILLE, TENN. – Nuclear industry panelists said here Wednesday the time has come for advanced reactor projects to mature from pilot stages to commercial deployment. That was a central theme discussed during the “Next Generation Nuclear Opportunities” at the Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association’s (ETEBA) annual Business Opportunities and Technical Conference. “The era of […]

Two Canadian government agencies have committed $3 billion CAD ($2.1 billion US) to Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Darlington New Nuclear Project to help de-risk the company’s construction and operation of its new small modular reactors. The Canadian Growth Fund committed to invest $2 billion CAD ($1.4 billion) for the project and will acquire 15% ownership […]

KNOXVILLE, TENN. – East Tennessee could become a nuclear industry hub, several state officials said at a conference here Wednesday. That was a central theme in an afternoon panel discussion of regional business opportunities at the Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association’s (ETEBA) annual Business Opportunities and Technical Conference.  Tennessee Department Economic and Community Development […]