Reopening the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on Dec. 12, as the Energy Department plans, is the quickest and safest path to getting rid of 34 metric tons of surplus weapon-usable plutonium, an Ivy League professor and a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists…
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Princeton Professor, Scientist: WIPP Beats the Alternatives for Plutonium Storage
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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 🔓