New Hanford milestones the state of Washington has asked a federal judge to approve would require an extra $18 billion by fiscal year 2029, jeopardizing other Department of Energy cleanup projects across the nation, according to the federal government. “Those funding levels are simply not realistic,” the Department of Justice argued in legal documents filed electronically in federal court at the end of last week. The state of Washington also filed documents, criticizing DOE’s management of Hanford and urging the court to require tight oversight of Hanford’s leak-prone single-shell tanks and its Waste Treatment Plant. Dec. 5 was the deadline in Eastern Washington U.S. District Court for both parties to respond to competing proposals for new milestones for the Hanford consent decree after DOE said most of the remaining milestones in the 2010 court-enforced consent decree were at serious risk of being missed.
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 🔓