A heavy plastic cover was installed Saturday over the partially collapsed PUREX plant waste tunnel at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state.
Work is expected to continue through Monday to secure the cover’s sides with 150 concrete ecology…
Morning Briefing - May 22, 2017
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May 22, 2017
Cover Placed Over Breached Hanford Waste Tunnel
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NEW: Via public records request, I’ve been able to confirm reporting today that a warrant has been issued for DOE deputy asst. secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition Sam Brinton for another luggage theft, this time at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid airport. (cc: @EMPublications)
DOE spent fuel lead Brinton accused of second luggage theft.
by @BenjaminSWeiss, confirming today's reports with warrant from Las Vegas Metro PD.
Waste has been Emplaced! 🚮
We have finally begun emplacing defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in Panel 8 of #WIPP.
Read more about the waste emplacement here: https://wipp.energy.gov/wipp_news_20221123-2.asp
Editorial: Sam Brinton’s credibility is now an issue 🔓