Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Tuesday suggested the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico and the Nevada National Security Site could be used for interim storage for nuclear waste. That would run up against existing law in the first instance and already faces…
Morning Briefing - June 21, 2017
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June 21, 2017
Perry Cites WIPP, Nevada Site for Possible Interim Nuclear Waste Storage
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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 🔓