The Department of Energy late last week awarded a task order to the MITRE Corporation for research and development work for the Office of Environmental Management. The $5.9 million task order has a nine-month base period and a nine-month option period. MITRE is a non-profit organization that manages contracts for the Internal Revenue Service, and work for the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security.
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 🔓