About a month after three senators publicly took the Energy Department to task for allegedly allowing its contractors to browbeat and fire employees for raising safety concerns, the agency is proposing what it says are clearer, stricter rules to protect whistleblowers…
Morning Briefing - August 09, 2016
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August 09, 2016
DOE Proposes Tightening Its Whistleblower Protection Program
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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 🔓