Here are some events related to civilian nuclear matters that Exchange Monitor staff are tracking this week.
June
26-27: Exchange Monitor’s Nuclear Energy Security Summit, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
28: Subcommittee Markup, Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Act, Rayburn 2358-C, 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
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 🔓
