Employees for the Savannah River Site went home early yesterday and will be home today due to a rare winter storm that has hit South Carolina. Up to several inches of snow and ice were forecast for the Savannah River region with temperatures dipping well below freezing. Non-essential personnel were dismissed from work beginning at noon yesterday and the site is closed today to non essential personnel, and a delay in reporting time is expected Thursday, according to a message issued yesterday to all SRS employees. Savannah River also experienced unusual cold weather earlier this month that shut down its biomass plant and impacted a host of other site facilities.
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 🔓