The Exchange Monitor’s annual RadWaste Summit was set to begin at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time, 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday in Summerlin, Nevada.
The two-day event features detailed discussions of federal nuclear-waste cleanups across the old nuclear-weapons complex, beginning with an opening keynote from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Check exchangemonitor.com throughout the day for updates and look for coverage in your inbox throughout the rest of the week.
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 🔓
