B&W Pantex executive Jeff Yarbrough is set to take over as Los Alamos National Laboratory’s new Director of Plutonium Science and Manufacturing. Yarbrough will succeed Carl Beard, who became the lab’s Principal Associate Director for Operations and Business in May, and acting Plutonium Science and Manufacturing chief Tim George. Yarbrough most recently oversaw directed stockpile work and weapons science campaigns during his tenure at Pantex. He also managed Pantex’s manufacturing division from 2002 to 2005. Yarbrough is expected to begin work at Los Alamos March 19.
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 🔓