B&W Nuclear Operations Group has received a set of contracts and orders worth a total of $195 million from the U.S. Naval Reactors program, B&W announced yesterday. The work includes a new contract worth $18.8 million for disassembly and recovery of HEU materials this fiscal year and four new incrementally funded contracts totaling $76.8 million for engineering design, fabrication and development work for the Ohio-class submarine replacement program. In addition, B&W received a $76 million order under a previously announced contract for procurement of materials to be used in nuclear propulsion components; and a $23.7 million order for the manufacture of nuclear components to support U.S. defense programs.
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 🔓