- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission hosts this week the 10th Annual Fuel Cycle Information Exchange (FCIX) at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, Md. The meeting will take place June 9 and 10. According to the NRC website, fuel cycle topics to be discussed include licensing, certification and inspection of nuclear fuel facilities for uranium conversion and enrichment; nuclear fuel fabrication, and deconversion of depleted uranium tails.
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 🔓