See the op-ed on risks of plutonium “pit” production (for nuclear weapons) at SRS. The op-ed exposes the sad story of pit production at the now-closed Rocky Flats site near Denver,
Archives for March 2019
SRS Watch news on continuing MOX debacle, March 29, 2019
Review of “Accuracy” of CB&I Areva MOX Services Payments to HVAC Contractor Intermech by DOE NNSA Reveals “Lack of Due Diligence,” Questionable Payments, Faulty Work; Document Obtained by SRS Watch Raises Similar Concerns as Federal Fraud Case involving MOX Services and Wise Services
“Concerns” and “Findings” in “Assessment Report” by NNSA of Management by MOX Services of Intermech Subcontract Underscores Need for Deeper Investigations into Possible Fraud,
In Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 28, 2019, the administrator of DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) admits pulling off plutonium pit production, for nuclear weapons, will be a challenge in the repurpsed MOX plant at SRS – beyond conceptual work that project has not been authorized or funded by Congress
To underscore that the plutonium fuel (MOX) project is totally dead, DOE Secretary Perry congratulates Congress for having the courage to terminate the MOX project
DOE has posted the nuclear weapons budget request to Congress for Fiscal Year 2020 – it goes crazy over nuclear weapons-related activities, including pit production at SRS, but doesn’t mention the timeline for the required Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the pit proposal.
Time for Congress to get the national security budget-cutting ax out to protect us from the threat of a new Cold War!
“Trump’s 2020 Nuclear Weapons Budget Escalates New Arms Race”
DOE posts its Fiscal Year 2020 budget request to Congress – volume #5 – for Environmental Management (clean-up).
The document is extremely thin on details. See page 237+ for cursory SRS discussion. Note on page 270 that DOE intends to stop payment-in-lieu of taxes to local communities: “The decrease is associated with reduction of discretionary payments in-Lieu-of-Taxes to support the focus on cleanup mission.”
SRS Watch news, March 21, 2019
NRC Issues Final Inspection Report for MOX Plant Construction with Two Violations; Failure to Keep Records for Stored Equipment may Pose Challenges for its Future Use in a “Repurposed” Facility
Columbia,
Good to see the Sierra Club oppose unjustified, unauthorized, unfunded plutonium pit production – for nuclear weapons – at the shuttered MOX plant at SRS
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board raises concerns about a seismic hazard at the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) in Nevada, which received 1/2 metric to n of weapon-grade plutonium secretly and needlessly shipped from SRS.
March 21, 2019 DNFSB letter & report – linked here
“Conclusions. As part of the 10-year assessment of the DAF seismic hazard, the previous site contractor,
Trump set to amp up Cold War-type nuclear arms race involving SRS. Absurd!
More DOE budget request numbers for FY 2020 are out (on March 18, 2019) and the DOE budget has “weapons activities” at SRS doubling from $300 million to $605 million.
Be alert to the movement of UK-flagged spent fuel carrier PACIFIC EGRET
ATTENTION MARINERS AND SHIP SPOTTERS near Charleston, South Carolina! Be alert to the movement of UK-flagged spent fuel carrier PACIFIC EGRET. March 16, 2019 alert, based only on information available to the general public.
South Carolina flips from “New Nuclear Ground Zero” to “Dead Nuclear Ground Zero!”
SRS Watch, March 13, 2019: VC Summer AP1000 “Combined Operating License” (COL) termination for halted units 2 and 3 – not something you’ll see every day! This is the final nail in the coffin of new reactors in South Carolina &
Annual radiation monitoring and status report for Nuclear Ship Savannah (NSS)
Annual radiation monitoring and status report for Nuclear Ship Savannah (NSS) for Calendar Year 2018, posted on March 11, 2019 by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The fate of long-retired ship now berthed in Baltimore,
President Trump’s federal budget request overview for Fiscal Year 2020 has been posted
on March 11, 2019 – needs congressional review, changes & approval & EISs; includes 11% cut in DOE; proposes funds for “repurposing” of MOX facility for plutonium pit production at SRS and an increase in “dilute &