The Department of Energy this week posted a new video online showing off the Atlas railcar the agency plans to use to transport spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants.
The agency’s Office of Nuclear Energy posted video, among other places, on the social…
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October 20, 2023
Round up: Atlas rides the rails; another Fukushima seafood ban; Finnish low-level waste; IAEA praise for Italy, Netherlands
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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 🔓