We are pleased to see that Senator Ed Markey placed a tribute to Paul Leventhal in the Congressional Record. Paul, founder of the Nuclear Control Institute, was a leader in development of sound US nuclear non-proliferation policies and one of our enduring inspirations.
Archives for June 2017
House Armed Services Committee Sets Stage for Termination of Mismanaged MOX Project; Defense Spending Bill Stipulates that Continuation of the MOX Project can be Waived by Secretary of Energy
Columbia, South Carolina – A pathway to terminate the troubled plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) has been presented by the U.S.
Research reactor spent fuel from Peru to SRS – arrived late June, 2017. It’s not bomb-grade uranium so it wasn’t brought to the US for nuclear non-proliferation reasons….
Spent fuel from the RP-10 research reactor in Peru appears to have been transported on the ship Palermo, which left Peru on May 23 and went around Cape Horn –
Reminder, June 20, 2017: Loads of New Aerial Photos of the MOX Boondoggle at SRS
Posted on May 26 by ©High Flyer – on Google drive linked here
High Flyer says “Read Me First,”
Plutonium Oxide Production in H-Canyon: A Failure
Remember the SRS Watch report from November 2015: “H-Canyon Folly, Plutonium Failure?” (linked here) The Trump Administration budget request for DOE confirms we were correct in our assessment that SRS is falling far short of goals for plutonium oxide production in the aging H-Canyon reprocessing plant
In our report,
MOXy Bits, June 20, 2017
We’ve finally getting somewhere with our Freedom of Information Act request of January 3, 2017 for information about “rework” (of improper work) that has taken place at the MOX project.
SRS Watch news, June 13, 2017: NNSA Implies that SRS is being Analyzed for New Nuclear Weapons Mission: Production of Plutonium “Pits,” the Core of Nuclear Weapons; Reuse of Soon-to-be Mothballed MOX Building Likely a Focus
Comments by NNSA Official at DNFSB Hearing First Indication of Review of Pit Production Capability
Columbia, SC – The Department of Energy has confirmed that it is now conducting a review to determine which DOE sites might be appropriate for location of production of plutonium “pits,” the core of nuclear weapons.
US DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) affirms to SRS Watch that they are analyzing DOE sites for the production of plutonium “pits” (cores, or triggers) for nuclear weapons – June 13, 2017:
“NNSA is performing an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to determine the most efficient and cost effective means of achieving pit manufacturing program goals over the next decade. Several NNSA and DOE sites with the capability of supporting nuclear operations are being considered in the AoA,
SHIM SHAM at MOX?! Rework Problems at the Mismanaged MOX Project Continue and Costs Mount….Will Taxpayers be Stuck with the Rework Bill or Not?
Please contact SRS Watch if you have more information about the MOX Shim Sham or other rework or construction problems at the MOX boondoggle: srswatch@gmail.com
Why aren’t Senator Lindsey Graham and Rep.