The B61 refurbishment program will be the subject of a House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee hearing Oct. 10. The hearing is expected to be held despite the government shutdown, and will include testimony from Strategic Command chief Gen. Robert Kehler, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs Madelyn Creedon, NNSA weapons program chief Don Cook, and Sandia National Laboratories Deputy Laboratories Director and Executive Vice President for National Security Programs Jerry McDowell. The hearing will take place from 2-4 p.m. in Room 2212 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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 🔓