Tomorrow will mark the 25th anniversary of a federal raid on the Rocky Flats site, seen by many as the symbolic start to the Department of Energy’s cleanup program. Agents from the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency entered the site to investigate alleged environmental violations. Rockwell International, the operator of the site at the time, would later pay a fine of $18.5 million. DOE began cleaning up Rocky Flats in the mid-1990s, and the project was completed in the fall of 2005—decades ahead of initially projected schedules.
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 🔓