Two new Republican lawmakers have joined the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) announced yesterday. Reps. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) have been added to the panel, joining subcommittee chairman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.), Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), and Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.). Nunnelee will also serve as the vice chairman of the subcommittee.
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 🔓