The White House yesterday announced plans to nominate two individuals to fill senior-level management positions at the Department of Energy. Joseph Hezir has been tapped to serve as DOE’s Chief Financial Officer. He currently serves as a Research Engineer and the Executive Director of The Future of Solar Energy Study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative. Since 1992, Hezir has also been the Vice President and Managing Partner of EOP Group, Inc. as well as Executive Vice President of EOP Education, LLC and EOP Foundation, Inc, according to a White House release.
Jonathan Elkind has been selected as the nominee for the Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs position. Elkind currently serves as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in DOE’s Office of Policy and International Affairs. From 2006 to 2009, Elkind was a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with The Brookings Institution. From 2002 to 2009, he was a Principal with Eastlink Consulting, LLC, according to the White House.
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 🔓