Top-level management changes are in the works at the Department of Energy’s two main tank waste contractors, URS confirmed late yesterday. Mike Johnson is set to retire at the end of June as president of URS-led Washington River Protection Solutions, the tank farms contractor at Hanford. Johnson is set to be replaced by Dave Olson, who currently heads URS-led Savannah River Remediation, LLC, the liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site. At SRR, Olson will be replaced on an acting basis beginning July 1 by Stuart MacVean, who currently serves as SRR Operations and Deputy Project Manager. A search for a permanent replacement for Olson at SRR is set to get underway immediately and expected to take several weeks to complete.
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 🔓