Shipments of Transuranic Waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) from other DOE Sites (from resumption of shipments the week of 04/03/2017 through 07/31/2023).
Updated 08/17/2023
DOE Shipping Goal : The Energy Department hopes to receive 680 shipments at WIPP during calendar year 2023, (It has received 269 shipments as of July 31, 2023).
DOE’s Actual Shipments for CY 2023 Through 07/31/2023: 269 shipments shipments, or 9 shipments a week based on 30 calendar weeks.
Total Projected Shipments for 2023 Through 12/31/2023 at current weekly shipping rate: 467 shipments (not accounting for holidays, weather or maintenance outages).
Source: The Department of Energy’s Waste Data System/WIPP Waste Information System.
NOTE: DOE only updates its official database two weeks after a shipment is disposed of underground at WIPP.
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 🔓