The Department of Energy is bringing on Idaho National Laboratory official Betsy Connell to serve as a senior policy advisor to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz for cleanup-related issues, with an initial focus on tank waste, Weapons Complex Morning Briefing has learned. Connell currently holds the position of senior policy advisor at Battelle Energy Alliance, the managing contractor at INL. Connell has also previously served as a senior policy advisor at DOE from 1998-2006. DOE did not respond to requests for comment on Connell’s new role yesterday.
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 🔓