The Congressionally mandated Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories will hold its second meeting Sept. 15. The meeting will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Va., and will include a review of previous studies on the Department of Energy’s national labs and discussion with DOE office directors that oversee the labs and user facilities. The final agenda has not been released. Former Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon and former Deputy Energy Secretary T.J. Glauthier are chairing the nine-member panel.
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 🔓