The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received 20 shipments during May, equal to the throughput of May 2020, when operations scaled back due to COVID-19, and about half of the 42 logged during the pre-virus days of May 2019.
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Morning Briefing - June 15, 2021
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June 15, 2021
WIPP Receives 70 TRU Shipments During First Five Months of 2021
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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 🔓