A second protest has been filed with the Government Accountability Office over the Department of Energy’s recent award of the new Portsmouth environmental technical services contract to Restoration Services Inc. Shawnee Environmental Technical Services Alliance, LLC, filed the protest July 29, and the GAO currently has until Nov. 6 to make a decision. Portage is also protesting the award to the GAO. The new contract is set to run for up to five years and is worth approximately $43 million.
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 🔓
