The House Cleanup Caucus is scheduled to hold a briefing on the Department of Energy’s Idaho site this week. The briefing is set to include presentations from the Department of Energy and the two main cleanup contractors at the site—CH2M-WG Idaho and Idaho Treatment Group, LLC, which manages the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project. The briefing is scheduled to be held June 4 at 4:00 p.m in Room 1334 of the Longworth House Office Building in Washington.
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 🔓