The Energy Department thinks it can check off critical steps toward permanently shuttering the south end of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) by year’s end, the the nuclear point man for the city of Carlsbad, N.M., said Tuesday.
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Morning Briefing - October 19, 2016
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DOE Eyes Progress on Partial WIPP Closure by Year’s End
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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 🔓