The Utah Radiation Control Board will meet today, at 3 p.m. MT, with Utah’s Division of Radiation Control giving the Board an update both on its review of EnergySolutions’ revised site-specific performance assessment, but also on the progress of SEMPRASAFE, a joint venture by EnergySolutions and Studsvik to blend Class A, B and C wastes to create a mix that EnergySolutions can dispose of at its Clive, Utah facility.
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 🔓