Mark Baca, a former official at the National Nuclear Security Administration, has joined the consulting firm Longneck & Associates as a senior associate. Prior to retiring from the NNSA in 2009, Baca served as the Associate Director of the Office of Technical Services at the NNSA Service Center, according to an L&A release issued late last week. “After retirement he has provided consulting services to government contractors and private companies in the areas of competition strategies, management assessment, and quality assurance policy and procedures,” the release says.
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 🔓