Celeritex, LLC—a joint venture of Project Services Group, LLC and DeNuke Contracting Services—has won the Department of Energy’s new contact to help prepare transuranic waste for shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal. The new contract, which was set aside for small businesses, is worth up to $17.8 million and is set to run for up to five years, consisting of a three-year base period and two one-year option periods, according to a DOE release issued yesterday. Work to be provided under the contract entails loading contact- and remote-handled transuranic waste into approved packaging at various DOE and defense-related waste generator sites for shipment to WIPP. Celeritex is currently set to assume responsibility for mobile loading services Nov. 1, after a 15-day transition period, according to DOE.
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 🔓