A bill that would extend the current civil nuclear agreement with South Korea for two years until March 2016 was reported out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday. The Obama Administration has said that it is seeking the two-year extension to the agreement to give it time to work out technical issues before the current agreement expires in March 2014. A particular topic of concern has been whether an extension to the agreement will grant South Korea advance consent for enrichment and reprocessing technologies that it has expressed interest in.
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 🔓