Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) is scheduled this morning to make a “major announcement” on the future of the Congressional Nuclear Cleanup Caucus, according to a release from Fleischmann’s office. The group of lawmakers with Department of Energy cleanup sites in their districts has been led by Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), but Hastings will retire from Congress in January. Fleischmann, whose district includes the Oak Ridge site, will discuss the “national importance” of the group in a press conference with DOE Office of Environmental Management Acting Assistant Secretary Mark Whitney.
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 🔓