Oakes was fired on Jan. 31, 2019 for alleged “disruptive behavior” at the lab. His research raising safety concerns at WIPP was removed from Sandia’s libraries, read the suit.

Retired Lt. Charles Virgil Oakes 86, passed away peacefully on March 29th at his home in Radcliff following several years of battling Alzheimer's and in the end, cancer. He was born in Louisville ...