The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has named Charles Stancil to be senior resident inspector at the Nuclear Fuel Services fuel facility in Erwin, Tenn. Stancil previously served for seven years as an NRC resident inspector at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Alabama. The NRC has cited and fined the NFS facility as a result of a 2009 incident, but the NRC last year renewed the facility’s operating license for 25 years.
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 🔓