The Department of Energy will need until the mid-2020s to achieve the capacity to downblend significant amounts of plutonium now held at the Savannah River Site (SRS), the head of the National Nuclear Security Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Morning Briefing - March 17, 2016
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March 17, 2016
Major SRS Plutonium Downblending Could Begin in Mid-2020s: NNSA Chief
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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 🔓