While the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), was one of hundreds of organizations affected by a massive SharePoint hack, DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) was not.
“It was not,” a DOE…
Weapons Complex Monitor Vol. 36 No. 29
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July 25, 2025
Wrap Up: EM not hit by Chinese hack; Portsmouth gets more landfill cells; BWXT working on Pele and TRISO; Vote looms on Wright; Hruby joins Bulletin; Newhouse gets threats; more
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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 🔓