Paul Hirschman has been named the director of the Office of River Protection’s engineering division for the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, leading the team responsible for the project design. He joined the Office of River Protection in 2006 and previously was a nuclear operator for the Navy and worked for private industry. Hirschman replaces Gary Brunson, who retired, after recommending that work be stopped on the project in December 2012. Months earlier he had called for Bechtel National to be removed as the design authority on the project.
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 🔓