Wayne Barber

6 days ago | exchangemonitor.com | Sarah Salem |Wayne Barber

In a Lifecycle report released every three years, the Department of Energy said costs to fully complete the nation’s biggest and most expensive nuclear cleanup in Washington State will be between $364 billion and $589.4 billion. The Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, released April 15, also estimated that cleanup could not be complete until fiscal 2086, with long-term stewardship at the Hanford nuclear legacy site stretching until 2100.

1 week ago | exchangemonitor.com | Wayne Barber

The city of Oak Ridge, Tenn., is studying alternative sites for a municipal airport with land cleaned up by the Department of Energy now earmarked by Orano USA for a major uranium enrichment project. Although a local airport has been long sought by the city of Oak Ridge, Exchange Monitor reported in October 2024 it would take a back seat to the proposed 750,000 square-foot uranium enrichment plant that would be worth billions of dollars and employ 300 people.

1 week ago | exchangemonitor.com | Wayne Barber

Weapons Complex Monitor is a weekly online publication that brings you first-hand reports from Washington, the major DOE sites and national laboratories, interviews with top-level officials, and predictions for upcoming moves that will affect your business strategy. In This Issue Weapons Complex Monitor Vol.

1 week ago | exchangemonitor.com | Wayne Barber

The Department of Energy is seeking feedback on how 16 installations, mostly in the weapons complex, stack up as potential spots to develop artificial intelligence data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday April 3 that DOE is issuing a request for information on how the 16 federal properties might work for permitting and construction of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

2 weeks ago | exchangemonitor.com | Wayne Barber

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