All shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant have been halted after a fire at the facility started yesterday at a truck used to transport salt. All workers were evacuated from underground, and several were treated at an area hospital for smoke inhalation and…
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May 29, 2014
SHIPMENTS TO WIPP HALTED AFTER SALT TRUCK CATCHES FIRE UNDERGROUND
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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 🔓