The Energy Department wants until the end of fiscal 2025 to remove 1 metric ton of nuclear weapon-usable plutonium from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to the latest filing in a state lawsuit on the matter. The eight-year time frame is significantly…
Morning Briefing - August 17, 2017
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August 17, 2017
Feds Want Until FY 2025 for Savannah River Site Plutonium Removal
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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 🔓