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SRS Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico (Los Alamos National Lab), Tri-Valley Cares (Lawrence Livermore National Lab, CA) news release, October 31, 2018
Watchdog Groups Claim Nuclear Agency is Moving Forward to Manufacture New Plutonium Bomb Cores in Violation of National Environmental Law and Public Review –
Friends of the Earth news release, October 29, 2018 – linked here
Fraud and Imprudence: Hearing into South Carolina Electric & Gas on Failed Nuclear Reactor Construction set for Nov.
We need to analyze these documents further, but the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules in plutonium-removal case – upholds district court’s position to remove 1 MT of plutonium from SRS (which will only increase costs,
Layoff notices for some MOX employees expected to go out next month
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, October 22, 2018
MOX contractor Orano/Areva cracks and finally issues MOX termination statement, October 18, 2018:
“Update on situation with the MFFF recycling plant in the United States” – linked here
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“Plutonium for Energy? Explaining the Global Decline of MOX”
“The Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project is pleased to announce publication of its new open-access book: Plutonium for Energy?
Trump intervention the last hope for nuclear fuel facility at Savannah River Site
Charleston (South Carolina) Post & Courier, front page print edition, October 18, 2018
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Senator Graham isn’t tweeting about the Oct. 18 MOX meeting with Trump and his news release – linked here – isn’t posted on his website. That news release has nothing in it about Trump’s reaction at the meeting.
“An Alternative to the Continued Accumulation of Separated Plutonium in Japan: Dry Cask Storage of Spent Fuel”
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, October 16, 2018
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25751654.2018.1527886
As Senator Lindsey “MOXie” Graham plans at last-ditch Hail-Mary meeting with President Trump to try and save the already dead MOX project, the South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council (NAC) will join the Graham pro-MOX cheerleading squad,
At the Oct. 15 meeting of the Nuclear Advisory Council, a nuclear industry cheer-leading group of marginal value to the state, the attorney representing the State of SC admitted that they have lost in their effort to stop the Fourth Circuit Court of appeals from lifting the “stay”
Engineering News-Record, October 15, 2018
article linked here: https://www.enr.com/articles/45529-doe-terminates-mox-contract-likely-killing-controversial-project
[Note: NNSA has “Ordered” MOX termination.]
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, October 12, 2018
https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20181012/nnsa-requesting-mox-termination-in-official-notice
SRS Watch in various MOX-is-Over articles, October 12, 2018:
Multi-billion dollar mistake? Feds move to abandon over-budget nuclear fuel plant
The State,
SRS Watch news release on MOX termination letter we obtained – October 12, 2018 – news release linked here
DOE Notifies MOX Services that Contract to Construct Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant is Terminated;
Big-spending MOX boosters like Senator Lindsey Graham and Rep. Joe Wilson have run out of road – THE MOX SCAM is OVER!
SRS Watch news on court ruling,
As the Democrats have taken over the House Armed Services Committee, a discussion will begin in earnest about nuclear weapons policy and the wisdom of spending $1 trillion on weapons modernization over the next 30 years.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects lower court halt to termination of MOX boondoggle – October 9, 2018
AFTER A WASTE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THE END OF THE MOX SCAM IS AT HAND!
We are betting that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will allow termination of the MOX boondoggle to proceed. MOX workers are still being told nothing about a possible court ruling or about the massive cut to the MOX construction budget (from $335 million to $220 million as of October 1,
– Expect a ruling by the court soon & when that happens the MOX debacle could be finally over if the court allows termination of MOX to proceed
REPLY IN SUPPORT OF RENEWED MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL –
– Have MOX Boosters Thrown in the Towel after so Much Money Wasted on the MOX Boondoggle?
Court could soon rule to allow MOX termination to proceed
In its filing,
The second of two criminals who scammed the MOX boondoggle of millions of dollars via fake receipts will finally be sentenced. His partner in crime has been sentenced but is out on appeal.
With a one-third cut coming to the MOX project, from $335 million to $220 million, big changes are afoot. MOX workers deserve ample notification about layoffs – which is likely not to happen as project changes begin on October 1,
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 1100 East Main Street, Suite 501, Richmond, Virginia 23219
October 1, 2018
____________________________ RESPONSE REQUESTED ____________________________
No.
18-1684,
State of South Carolina v.
federal district court in Columbia, SC on October 1, 2018, MOX FRAUDSTER Aaron Vennefron was sentenced to 12 months plus one day in prison and $600,000 seized from “a hidden secret room”
Likely nothing – workers still being abused as the waste, fraud, abuse & mismanagement are continuing until the very last day!
One of the Very Last Steps is about to Happen before the Federal Court Allows DOE to Continue Terminating the MOX Boondoggle –
Now, H-Canyon boosters are looking at processing research reactor spent fuels that earlier were said not to be reprocessable in H-Canyon. But they may have to settle for lab-scale operations,
