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Executives with advanced reactor companies sounded upbeat during a Tuesday webinar on their projects chances of reaching criticality by Independence Day under the Department of Energy’s reactor pilot program. Officials from Aalo Atomics, Antares Nuclear and Radiant Nuclear all expressed optimism during an American Nuclear Society panel discussion webinar titled “Path to Criticality.” DOE’s reactor […]

Jeff Brunell, a longtime energy and defense executive, is now vice president of markets and strategy at Kiewit Nuclear Solutions. Brunell, who announced his new position last week on LinkedIn, was previously with AtkinsRealis as a vice president of business development. He was with Atkins two years working on business deals with the Department of […]

The Department of Energy and its cleanup contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory have now solidified a third of the high-level sodium-bearing radioactive waste at the site, DOE said Tuesday. According to a press release from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management  and Amentum-led Idaho Environmental Coalition, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has processed about […]

A Virginia-based small business, DH Technologies, has been awarded a $1.1 million information technology and software contract with the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office. The award posted online Monday in SAM.gov said the Leesburg-based, employee-owned company has won the computer-service related award with Lexington, Ky. Project office for the Paducah Site in Kentucky and […]

While the United Steel Workers (USW) union supports advanced nuclear projects for its members, it wants to ensure that employee health and safety remain protected at advanced reactor projects That’s the gist of supplemental comments filed with the Department of Energy in March by the union. “USW represents workers across the Department of Energy nuclear […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is looking at using a major facility at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory for treatment of some of NNSA’s future waste streams, according to a safety board report. On Feb. 17, NNSA and members of the Amentum-led environmental cleanup contractor for Idaho National Laboratory  met “to discuss […]

The Energy Facilities Contractors Group (EFCOG is starting registration for its annual 2026 hybrid meeting June 16-17 in Downtown Washington, D.C. In-person attendance will be at 101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. The point of contact for the conference is Christine Frei, staff@efcog.org. The first day will feature meetings of the board of directors, […]

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) formally announced the state’s bid for a Department of Energy’s nuclear lifecycle hub at a March 27 press conference held in Tooele County, Utah. Utah state officials gathered were on hand as Cox announced that Tooele County would be the site of the nuclear campus. Cox said during the press […]

The Donald Trump administration is expected to roll out its budget proposal for fiscal 2027 this Friday, April 3, a spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget confirmed to Exchange Monitor affiliate Defense Daily. The budget request will be sent to Congress, currently in recess until mid-April. The forthcoming budget release is expected to […]

Wilmington, N.C.-based Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) received nearly $100 million in funding from the state of Kentucky and McCracken County for GLE’s proposed Paducah, Ky.-based enrichment facility. The performance-based incentive package will provide up to $98.9 million in tax and other financial incentives should GLE reach agreed investment and job creation goals, the company said […]

Here are events related to nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking:  APRIL: 21: Conference: The Energy Communities Alliance sponsors a three-day conference on advanced nuclear opportunities starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time on April 21 at the Augusta, Ga. Marriott at the Convention Center.  27-29: Conference: Louisiana Nuclear Strategy and Supply Chain at […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy needs to figure out a waste management strategy before pushing for more nuclear power, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) told DOE officials in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing last week. “I can’t stress this enough; this to me is the issue we deal with first: […]

Kärnfull Next submitted Sweden’s first small modular reactor (SMR) application this week under the country’s new legislation, Act of Government Approval of Nuclear Facilities. The application, which was submitted by ReFirm Målma AB, covers a proposed SMR campus in Valdemarsvik in southern Sweden and was submitted to Johan Britz, Minister for Employment and acting Minister […]

Austin, Texas-based Aalo Atomics unveiled its completed reactor building of its critical test reactor at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. Aalo held a March 19 ceremony for the finished reactor building on March 19, according to a company press release. The company said it completed the reactor structure in six months and expects […]

Louisiana state officials have released a new Nuclear Strategic Framework, this week and also confirmed the state’s interest in the Department of Energy’s lifecycle hubs program.  Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) announced the new state initiative at the CERAWeek event in Houston on Tuesday. Louisiana also received  $45 million in federal funding for the Future […]

The Department of Energy will relocate its Washington, D.C. headquarters from the James V. Forrestal Building to the Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) building, which currently houses the Department of Education. That is according to a Thursday announcement from DOE and the General Services Administration. The Education Department, which has undergone significant cuts under the Donald […]

The Department of Energy’s Northern New Mexico Site-Specific Advisory Board heard March 19 DOE is facing $16 million in potential civil penalties for multiple violations assessed under a February compliance order from the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) that proposes. The fines were assessed by the state under a Feb. 11 administrative compliance order partly […]

The Department of Energy’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Wednesday released its final site-wide environmental impact statement and its record of decision to implement an “expanded operations alternative” at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. “Expanded operations” means exactly what it sounds like: all activities at Los Alamos will continue as they […]

Knoxville-based Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve) is now a 100% employee-owned company, the Department of Energy contractor said in a Monday news release. In addition to reaching the 100% staff-owned milestone, through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Pro2Serve also announced some newly appointed board members. Every employee can own a stake in Pro2Serve by participating in […]

The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office is on track for substantial completion of its liquid waste mission at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina by 2037  if sufficient funding is authorized, the local field office boss said Tuesday. On March 5, high-level radioactive tank 14 “achieved preliminary cease waste removal status” on March […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — While Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), is unenthused about the Department of Energy’s interest in rebranding its Office of Environmental Management (EM), Rep Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) is fine with the idea. Exchange Monitor asked both DOE weapons complex lawmakers about their thoughts on the issue this week between Congressional hearings.  “What they […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Energy, with help from Congress, could save billions of dollars over time by clarifying how high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is defined in statute. While this is a longstanding issue, GAO urged Congress to set up a Blue Ribbon Commission of experts to tackle the matter, in […]

Uranium production is ramping up at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS), with plans to produce nearly 23 metric tons of high-level uranium for fuel production,and other purposes for the DOE nuclear complex. That was the message that the SRS Citizens Advisory Board heard Tuesday during the panel’s regular bimonthly meeting at the […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Energy, with help from Congress, could save billions of dollars over time by clarifying how high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is defined in statute. While this is a longstanding issue, GAO urged Congress to set up a Blue Ribbon Commission of experts to tackle the matter, in […]

Uranium production is ramping up at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS), with plans to produce nearly 23 metric tons of high-level uranium for fuel production,and other purposes for the DOE nuclear complex. That was the message that the SRS Citizens Advisory Board heard Tuesday during the panel’s regular bimonthly meeting at the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At least one lawmaker, Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), is unenthused about the Department of Energy’s interest in rebranding its Office of Environmental Management (EM) at this time. “What they should be more concerned about is cleaning all the s— [stuff] up that they haven’t cleaned, that’s what they should be spending […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy needs to figure out a waste management strategy before pushing for more nuclear power, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) told DOE officials in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing last week. “I can’t stress this enough; this to me is the issue we deal with first: […]

The Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office is on track for substantial completion of its liquid waste mission at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina by 2037  if sufficient funding is authorized, the local field office boss said Tuesday. On March 5, high-level radioactive tank 14 “achieved preliminary cease waste removal status” on March […]

Knoxville-based Professional Project Services (Pro2Serve) is now a 100% employee-owned company, the Department of Energy contractor said in a Monday news release. In addition to reaching the 100% staff-owned milestone, through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Pro2Serve also announced newly appointed board of directors members.  Every employee can own a stake in Pro2Serve by participating […]

The Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board will hear presentations Tuesday on everything from liquid waste cleanup to use of drones at the Department of Energy Site near Aiken, S.C. The agenda for the advisory board includes the usual updates from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management field office and the South Carolina regulatory agency as […]