Swift & Staley Mechanical Contractors, the infrastructure contractor for the Paducah site, began moving yesterday to ramp down operations due to the current government shutdown. Swift & Staley is adjusting work schedules for its approximately 80 employees at Paducah to achieve a state of minimum essential operations. According to a notice sent to employees, obtained by WC Monitor, Swift and Staley workers will be required to take off approximately 80 hours. The contractor’s project manager at Paducah largely declined to comment yesterday. The Department of Energy’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office did not respond to requests for comment.
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 🔓