A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing this week on management at the Department of Energy. The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing comes about a week after new Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced a reorganization plan that includes the creation of a new Under Secretary of Energy for Management and Performance position. The hearing “is part of the committee’s ongoing oversight of DOE management and performance challenges, and will contribute to an oversight record necessary for members to monitor how the agency fulfills its diverse missions while protecting national security, public health and safety, and taxpayer resources,” according to a committee notice issued last week. The hearing is scheduled to held July 24 at 10 a.m. in Room 2322 of the Rayburn 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 🔓