The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) will hold a fall meeting on Nov. 13 in Arlington, Va.
The hybrid meeting will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time at the Westin Crystal City Reagan National Airport Hotel at 1800 Richmond Highway in Arlington, Va. The fall meeting will be replacing the summer meeting that was postponed in August, according to NWTRB’s Tuesday press release.
The meeting will be focused on the Department of Energy’s activities, plans, and priorities for management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
The board, established through the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, is an independent federal agency in the executive branch.
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 🔓