The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is denying a petition from a retired Department of Energy nuclear physicist calling for the agency to mandate augmented monitoring of reactor spent fuel pools and reactor coolant and fuel.
Alexander DeVolpi, who worked at the…
Morning Briefing - February 21, 2017
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February 21, 2017
NRC Rejects Petition on Post-Fukushima Spent Fuel Monitoring
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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 🔓