A $118 million contract between USEC and Oak Ridge National Laboratory supporting the American Centrifuge technology that begins May 1 received final approval yesterday from the bankruptcy court hearing USEC’s case. The news comes after the Department of Energy backed the plan earlier this week. A DOE research, development and deployment cost-share program supporting American Centrifuge ended yesterday, and the subcontract with ORNL contractor UT-Battelle starts today. The initial $34 million subcontract would fund the fund the program through this fiscal year, and two six-month $42 million option periods that would take it through Fiscal Year 2015 for a total potential value of $118 million. The deal would fund American Centrifuge at about 60 percent of current levels, and would focus on monitoring operations of the currently built cascade of centrifuges.
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 🔓