Acting Department of Energy cleanup chief Mark Whitney and David Foster, a senior advisor to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, are scheduled to visit the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant today, along with Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). The visit comes as the plant’s D&D contractor, Fluor-B&W Portsmouth, LLC, is preparing for significant layoffs this fall due to budget issues. Due largely to a drop in the price of uranium, which DOE provides to help fund work at Portsmouth, FBP has estimated a budgetary shortfall of approximately $110 million in FY 2015, and as a result, is looking to eliminate as many as 675 positions—one-third of the total Portsmouth D&D workforce.
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 🔓