Senate appropriators are set to begin marking up Fiscal Year 2016 spending bills this week, with the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Committee scheduling a markup this Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen 138. The Energy and Water bill will set funding levels for Department of Energy programs, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers. The Senate’s move to take up appropriations bills comes after early this month the House passed its version of the legislation.
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 🔓