Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) has dropped his hold on the nomination of Monica Regalbuto to serve as the next Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management. The move could ease Regalbuto’s path to confirmation in the last days of the current Congress by allowing the Senate to approve her nomination through unaminous consent. Barrasso chose to drop his hold after receiving sought-after answers from the Department of Energy concerning DOE’s uranium transfer policy and the last prepared Secretarial determination on uranium transfers, according to a Barrasso spokeswoman.
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 🔓