Though the Department of Energy said it planned to reenter the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground yesterday, the operation was delayed due to a lack of real-time radiation monitors. The Department earlier this week announced its intent to send a team of eight recovery workers into the mine April 1 for the first time since the Feb. 14 radiation release in an effort to identify the source of the contamination. "Today’s scheduled personnel re-entry to the WIPP underground was postponed due to a delivery delay of the lapel monitors workers would wear on their outer clothing to detect radiation. Safety requirements for re-entry work require this type of personal protective equipment and entry will be postponed until they arrive," DOE said in a release yesterday.
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 🔓