The National Nuclear Security Administration appears to be moving closer to releasing a final Request for Proposals for its combined Oak Ridge/Pantex protective force contract, posting another set of questions and answers yesterday. The agency has six times issued answers to questions from industry, addressing 135 separate questions. The latest answers dealt with the annual performance of contractors at the sites and the release of Memoranda of Understanding between protective force contractors and site contractors. The agency hosted industry days and one-on-one meetings with industry last month and has said it plans to award the contract no sooner than September—in parallel with the agency’s combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract.
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 🔓