Frank Klotz, the Obama Administration’s nominee to head up the National Nuclear Security Administration, will get his first chance to appear before the Senate next month. Klotz’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Sept. 19, and the retired Air Force lieutenant general and commander of Global Strike Command will appear before the panel along side a handful of Pentagon nominees. Also testifying at the hearing will be Secretary of the Air Force nominee Deborah Lee James, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness nominee Jessica Garfola Wright, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Marcel Lettre, and Kevin Ohlson, who was nominated to be a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. The hearing will take place in Room SD-G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
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 🔓