The Government Accountability Office is expected to issue a ruling today on one of the most anticipated protest decisions in the history of the Department of Energy. Teams led by Babcock & Wilcox and Fluor/Jacobs each protested the National Nuclear Security Administration’s $22 billion decision to pick Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, to run the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex Plant, and the 100-day window on B&W’s protest expires today. GAO officials have said they would meet the 100-day deadline on B&W’s protest, and it’s likely that they will also fold in a decision on the Fluor/Jacobs protest into their ruling.
Both protestors have not publicly revealed details about their challenges, but the B&W team is believed to have emphasized the realism of cost savings proposed by the Bechtel team, key personnel evaluations and a key personnel dispute involving former B&W employee Dan Glenn in its protest. The Fluor/Jacobs team is expected to take aim at the evaluation of past performance issues in its challenge, especially the construction performance of CNS lead Bechtel.
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 🔓