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Archives for September 2018

US DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration Files Appeal with Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Asks for Stay of Lower Court Ruling that Halted MOX Boondoggle Termination, September 28, 2018

SRS Watch · September 28, 2018 ·

“MOTION by Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, National Nuclear Security Administration, Rick Perry, United States Department of Energy and US for stay pending appeal. Date of action to be stayed, if applicable:June 7,

Filed Under: Latest News

In Letter to DOE Secretary, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval Opposes Shipment of 1 Metric Ton of SRS to Device Assembly Facility (DAF) for “Staging” for an Unknown Length of Time & for No Legitimate Reason

SRS Watch · September 28, 2018 ·

September 28, 2018 letter linked here

For security and safety reasons, the plutonium should stay stored in the K-Reactor at SRS, where about 13 MT of plutonium are now stored,

Filed Under: Latest News

SRS Watch news – September 28, 2018 – Very Bad News for MOX Booster$

SRS Watch · September 28, 2018 ·

Federal Appellate Panel Hears MOX Termination Case; Indications are that Last-Ditch Plea by the State of South Carolina to Force DOE to Continue the Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Construction Project  at SRS Will be Rejected
 
As New Fiscal Year Approaches,

Filed Under: SRS Watch News

Hearing on termination of plutonium fuel (MOX) fiasco to be held in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA on September 27, 2018

SRS Watch · September 27, 2018 ·

Posted in Docket 18-1684 on July 20, 2018:

“07/20/2018 28 CASE CALENDARED for oral argument. Date: 09/27/2018. Registration Time: 8:45 – 9:00. Daily Arguments Begin: 9:30.

Filed Under: Latest News

Comments to South Carolina Public Service Commission, September 24, 2018 – request that charge for nuclear reactor construction debacle remain on the bill in perpetuity

SRS Watch · September 24, 2018 ·

linked here

South Carolina Public Service Commission notice on “night hearings” o n the SCE&G nuclear debacle:

https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/67c33414-6c5e-4b5c-89ae-75ea3d59014f

Filed Under: Latest News

MOX DOOM AND GLOOM SCENARIO BEING DEPLOYED – LAST GASPS FOR MOX BOONDOGGLE

SRS Watch · September 24, 2018 ·

Documents filed with Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals by DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration Affirm Commitment to MOX Boondoggle Termination, September 24, 2018

1. Letter to court relaying that the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2019 includes MOX waiver language –

Filed Under: Latest News

In FOIA Response, US Department of Energy Confirms No New Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assessment Regarding Status of German AVR and THTR Commercial Spent Fuel

SRS Watch · September 20, 2018 ·

SRS Watch news, September 20, 2018 – news release linked here

In FOIA Response, US Department of Energy Confirms No New Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assessment Regarding Status of German AVR and THTR Commercial Spent Fuel;

Filed Under: SRS Watch News

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting on SRS high-level nuclear waste (being processed from SRS tanks): PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT – Sept. 18, Aiken, SC

SRS Watch · September 18, 2018 ·

Title: Status of U.S. NRC NDAA WIR Monitoring Activities at the U.S. DOE Savannah River Site

Date(s) and Time(s): September 18, 2018, 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM

Location: U.S.

Filed Under: Latest News

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT in Aiken, South Carolina on SRS high-level waste processing, September 18, 2018 – with call-in line

SRS Watch · September 18, 2018 ·

NRC meeting notice linked here

Title: Status of U.S. NRC NDAA WIR Monitoring Activities at the U.S. DOE Savannah River Site – by Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Filed Under: Events, Latest News

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Questions Ability of SRS Procedures to Allow Safe Operation of Aging H-Canyon Reprocessing Plant in Seismic Event, posted September 17, 2018

SRS Watch · September 17, 2018 ·

DNFSB’s “H-Canyon Justification for Continued Operation” – letter dated September 7, 2018 and attached report linked here

>>> The question begs:  Should H-Canyon be closed until there is full resolution of this safety matter?

Filed Under: Latest News

SRS Citizens Advisory Board (SRS CAB) to meet in Columbia, South Carolina on September 24-25, 2018

SRS Watch · September 14, 2018 ·

Please Attend! – agenda linked here

SRS Watch representative to make public comment, especially on misguided “dumping for profit” scheme to dump highly radioactive German waste on SRS

photo: casks at Juelich,

Filed Under: Events, Latest News

MOX PORK SET TO GET MASSIVE SLICE!

SRS Watch · September 13, 2018 ·

On September 13, 2018 the US House passed US DOE funding for Fiscal Year 2019.  As the Senate has already passed the appropriations funding it now goes to the president to be signed into law. 

Filed Under: Latest News

“Savannah River Site F and H Area [High Level Nuclear Waste] Tank Farms – NRC Onsite Observation Visit”

SRS Watch · September 12, 2018 ·

by Savannah River Remediation, August 13-14, 2018, made public by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on September 12, 2018

​document linked here

Document URL in NRC’s digital library (ADAMS):  https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML18247A080

Filed Under: Latest News

WARNING: MOX boondoggle at SRS about to be Slammed by Funding Storm!

SRS Watch · September 12, 2018 ·

Worker evacuation to other jobs is under way as abuse to taxpayers is weakened!


Trump White House Supports Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations Agreement with Massive Cut to MOX Boondoggle –

Filed Under: Latest News

Upcoming Dates on Energy & Nuclear Issues Important to South Carolinians, September 7, 2018

SRS Watch · September 11, 2018 ·

SRS Watch – Friends of the Earth Nuclear Calendar PDF – linked here

September 11, 10 a.m. – S.C. legislature’s Public Utilities Review Committee (PURC) –

Filed Under: Events, Latest News

Important US DOE document on preparation of plutonium oxide at Los Alamos for the “dilute & dispose” method of plutonium disposition (as an alternative to the failed MOX method)

SRS Watch · September 11, 2018 ·

“ARIES Oxide Production Program Dilute and Dispose LCCE Overview,
Material Management and Minimization Program”

Los Alamos National Laboratory / Pit Disassembly and Processing

Los Alamos,

Filed Under: Latest News

Congressional Appropriators Render Huge Blow to MOX Boondoggle

SRS Watch · September 10, 2018 ·

– September 10, 2018 – MOX Cut by a Massive One-third, and Spending on MOX Construction can be Waived

MOX TO BE DEVASTATED!  When passed by the full Congress,

Filed Under: Latest News

It’s crazy to plan to shuttle plutonium around just to please a court that hasn’t followed the plutonium disposition program – watch for more push-back from Nevada.

SRS Watch · September 7, 2018 ·

“Supplemental Analysis for the Removal of One Metric Ton of Plutonium from the State of South Carolina to Nevada, Texas and New Mexico”

DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration,

Filed Under: Events, Latest News

If you want to learn how DOE’s Savannah River Site (Near Aiken, SC) fits into the DOE nuclear weapons complex take a look at this report by the Congressional Research Service, Sept. 6, 2018.

SRS Watch · September 6, 2018 ·

SRS is home to the other massive, failed nuclear construction project in the state: the $17-billion plutonium fuel ( MOX) factory

“The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Overview of Department of Energy Sites”

Filed Under: Latest News

“Sens. Heinrich, Udall ask Perry to suspend order on nuclear oversight” – in order to protect essential roe of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) at DOE sites

SRS Watch · September 5, 2018 ·

anta Fe New Mexican, Sept. 5, 2018 – article linked here

Letter from Senators Heinrich and Udall, September 5, 2018 – linked here

Obtained by SRS Watch –

Filed Under: Latest News

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