“A Nuclear Energy Meltdown Scrambles Southern Politics – South Carolinians have some of the highest electricity bills in the country, thanks in part to nuclear energy”
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Archives for August 2018
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) – including member group SRS Watch – take action to protect the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), important independent oversight body for DOE sites
On the eve of an important public hearing by the independent DOE oversight panel – Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB),
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s “REPLY BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS” in matter of federal court proceedings concerning the termination of the MOX boondoggle and removal of plutonium from South Carolina
REPLY BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS, filed with Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals – linked here
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT (from the filing)
South Carolina’s theory of the case relies on the incorrect assumption that the Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to leave plutonium in South Carolina permanently.
More Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests Filed by SRS Watch – Update
As DOE and Other Federal Agencies Staunchly Refuse to Create an On-Line Library and Post Documents Key to Public Understanding of Publicly Funded Operations, We Have to Use FOIA and Other Methods to Find Out What They are Up To!
MOX Chaos at SRS Deepens – Qualified Workers Jumping Ship at Unprecedented Pace
MOX Workers: Keep Jumping Ship as this Situation Won’t last much Longer
As the debate over funding for the MOX debacle continues in Congress – all committees agree to a track to final &
Aging H-Canyon Reprocessing Plant at SRS Hits 63-years Old, Still being Pushed to Operate Despite Diminished State
SRS Watch news, August 21, 2018: SRS report provided to SRS Watch via a Freedom of Information Act request reveals decayed state of H-Canyon reprocessing plant radioactive gas exhaust tunnel
Given operational problems and aging of the facility,
SRS Watch in article on how the plutonium fuel (MOX) debacle is again being set up for termination by Congress and DOE:
“MOX protection not included in defense authorization measure signed by Trump”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, August 14, 2018
Key documents accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2019 –
Meeting in Columbia, South Carolina on the uranium leak at the Westinghouse fuel plant – August 30, 6:30 p.m.
LOWER RICHLAND COMMUNITY MEETINGS
WITH COUNCILMAN NORMAN JACKSON
6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Thursday, August 30, 2018 Lower Richland Sheriff Substation 2615 Lower Richland Blvd., Columbia, Topic: Water,
MOX Debacle Layoffs Likely Coming Starting October 1 – Start of Fiscal Year 2019 – No Matter What Happens
Did you notice that the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 – signed into law on August 13 – only “authorizes” $220 million for MOX construction and includes language allowing the Secretary of Energy to “waive”
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection of Bungled MOX Construction Project Reveals Violation with Faulty Welds
– Why is the media avoiding covering this issue?
“MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY- NRC INSPECTION REPORT
NUMBER 70-3098/2018-003,” August 7, 2018 –
HOT NEWS FLASH – August 6, 2018 (Hiroshima Day)
Federal judge denies SCE&G’s request for “preliminary injunction” to halt a reduction in customers’ bills for failed nuclear reactor project at VC Summer!
Starting August 7 the nuclear charge will be reduced from
18% to 3.2% of a customer’s bill.
“Hiroshima Remembrance,” August 5, 2-4 p.m., State Museum in Columbia, South Carolina.
As SRS profiteers ponder an expanded and unjustified role for nuclear weapons production at SRS, on the 73rd anniversary of the bombing, there will be a “Hiroshima Remembrance,” August 5,
“NNSA Must Solve Pit Problems This Year, STRATCOM Commander Says”
Exchange Monitor, August 3, 2018 – article linked here
The Pentago takes on Senator Graham and boosters of the costly MOX debacle…