After a first attempt at a hearing was postponed during the government shutdown, the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee will hear testimony on the B61 life extension program and the future of the nation’s nuclear stockpile at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 2212 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Testifying at the hearing will be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon, Strategic Command chief Gen. Robert Kehler, NNSA Defense Programs chief Don Cook, and Sandia National Laboratories Director Paul Hommert.
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 🔓