The International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material kicks off today in San Francisco and lasts through the week. Speakers at the conference include Department of Energy cleanup chief Dave Huizenga, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner George Apostolakis, DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Pete Lyons and Denis Flory, head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security International Atomic Energy Agency. It also features a host of technical sessions on topics including regulatory issues, transport operations and package design. The event takes place only once every three years, and alternates between a location in the United States and a place outside the country.
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 🔓