Department of Energy debriefs are scheduled to get underway this week with the four teams believed to have bid on the recently awarded new M&O contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The contract, worth approximately $1.3 billion, was awarded to a team led by URS called Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC, which also includes B&W and, as a major subcontractor, AREVA. Bechtel, CH2M Hill and Fluor are each believed to have led unsuccessful bids for the new contract, which is set to run for up to 10 years. Prior to the contract award, DOE had proposed conducting ‘open book’ debriefs in an apparent attempt to help ward off a protest by an unsuccessful bidder. All of the bidders had to agree to open book debriefs, though, and some ultimately opposed the concept.
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 🔓