The Department of Energy’s Hanford Advisory Board meets this Wednesday in Pasco, Wash., to discuss progress on the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant and other cleanup issues at the former plutonium production complex.
In addition to a presentation from DOE’s Hanford Site Manager Brian Vance, the advisory board will also hear from managers with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington state Department of Ecology.
The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time at the Holiday Inn Pasco on Convention Place and should conclude by 3:00 p.m., according to the agenda. The session is a hybrid meeting and details on how to access the meeting via Teams are available on the agenda.
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 🔓