A year after the partial collapse of a tunnel used to store highly radioactively contaminated equipment at the Hanford Site in Washington state, the Department of Energy is examining risks at the facility and across its cleanup complex. Work also continues to stabilize…
Weapons Complex Monitor Vol. 29 No. 19
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May 11, 2018
Hanford Tunnel Collapse Jump-Starts DOE Risk Assessment Across Cleanup Complex
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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 🔓