Archives for July 2016

CB&I AREVA MOX Services Issued Two Violations by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Improper Documentation for Safety-Related Components to Support Floor Panels in MOX Plant;

NRC’s Office of Investigations Reviews Allegation of False Welding Documentation,

SRS Citizens Advisory Board (SRS CAB) Rejects DOE Plan to Import German High-Level Nuclear Waste, Vote Not Binding but Reflects Public Opposition to Waste Import from Juelich and Ahaus

news release linked here

SRS CAB position statement of July 26,

Savannah River Downblending Program for Surplus, Non-Pit Plutonium”  (vs MOX  debacle)

— from the presentation:

•DOWNBLENDING PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
•Downblending Pu oxide reduces safeguards attractiveness level
•Pu oxide downblending previously demonstrated at SRS,

Tom Clements, director of SRS Watch, will be participating in panel discussions from August 2-10, 2016 in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagaski, Japan about plutonium proliferation and the failure of the US plutonium fuel (MOX) project.

SRS Watch Alert: More nuclear waste coming in to the Savannah River Site with no exit strategy? Why consider U.S. Navy reactor disposal at SRS given the wet climate and permeable soils and that SRS is a clean-up site?

As SRS/DOE/Centerra leaked the “news” about supposed drones over SRS and unknown SRS security personnel inexplicably involved SRS Watch in the matter – though we know absolutely nothing about it –