A team led by Fluor has won the Department of Energy’s new task order to provide deactivation services at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, DOE announced yesterday. The Fluor team beat out a team led by AECOM for the work,, which is worth approximately $420 million over three years and was awarded under DOE’s Nationwide Environmental Management ID/IQ contract.
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 🔓