ExchangeMonitor Publications’ seventh annual RadWaste Summit is scheduled to get underway later today. The summit, set to run from Sept. 3-6., is scheduled to feature presentations on a variety of radioactive waste topics from speakers such as NRC Commission William Ostendorff, Nevada Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Leo Drozdoff, New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn, as well as DOE and NRC officials and industry representatives, among others. For more info, please click here.
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 🔓