The round up in last week’s Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor [Vol. 26, No. 16] should have said that the Savannah River Site took delivery of HEPA equipment for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition program.
The story “Nuclear Fuel Services to start weapons-uranium work under sole-source NNSA contract” [Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Vol. 26, No. 15] should have said that the Y-12 National Security Complex will for a time be unable to convert uranium oxide to uranium metal.
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 🔓
