Exelon is working on a deal with USEC and the Department of Energy that could extend operations of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant until at least September this year. "Exelon is in discussions with USEC about uranium enrichment," Exelon spokeswoman Krista Lopykinski said in a written response yesterday, declining to comment further. USEC is currently running the plant under a deal with public utilities that is set to expire at the end of May, in which USEC is reenriching a portion of the Department’s stockpile of depleted uranium tails. Any agreement for an extension of enrichment operations at Paducah is expected to be finalized this week.
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 🔓