The DOE Hanford Site did not meet a technical safety requirement regarding the fissile mass of a waste box, according to a Feb. 28 report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
Personnel at the site discovered the waste box with a fissile mass value exceeding…
Weapons Complex Monitor Vol. 36 No. 15
Visit Archives | Return to Issue PDF
Visit Archives | Return to Issue PDF
Weapons Complex Monitor
Article 6 of 9
April 18, 2025
Hanford safety report ‘inapplicable’ for mass-exceeding waste box, DNFSB report says
Partner Content
Social Feed
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 🔓