Nevada’s governor sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday rejecting Nye County’s recent declaration of support for the Yucca Mountain repository. “There should be no uncertainty or misunderstanding of my position with regard to an interim spent fuel storage site or repository site in Nevada; the state of Nevada does not support the location of any such site within the state and will oppose any attempt to either resurrect the defunct Yucca Mountain project or locate an interim storage facility at Yucca or elsewhere in Nevada,” Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) wrote in the letter to Chu. Last week officials from Nye County, the home of the Yucca Mountain site, sent a letter to Chu emphasizing the support for a nuclear waste repository in that community. But Sandoval stressed this week that “Nye County does not and cannot speak for the state of Nevada.”
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 🔓