Monitors a host of energy and nuclear issues from a public interest perspective
“Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM”
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, by Sammy Fretwell, August 14, 2026
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article316871213.html
[Note: The reporter failed to discern between the 2019 JASON recommendation to “manufacture”
Supplementary Comment on Draft Plutonium Pit PEIS (DOE/EIS-0573) & Attachments, by Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch, www.srswatch.org
Filed with NNSA on August 13, 2026
>>> We request that members of the public also file a comment based on the JASON “Plutonium Report”
“Trump administration denies nuclear safety watchdog crucial access” – a crucial independent, federal agency is under attack by DOE – SRS Watch met with staff of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) on August 10,
“An independent scientific advisory group to the federal government found that the plutonium in the United States’ existing nuclear weapons stockpile is “aging slowly” and degradation issues “do not call into question present weapons performance.”
“The executive summary of a congressionally mandated study conducted by the scientific group JASON,
In response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, DOE’s NNSA forced to release technical report that does not support a rapid return to production of plutonium “pits”
Savannah River Site high-level nuclear waste tank closure has again slipped, as we have been warning for years. Environmental threats to South Carolina and Georgia to endure.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki – Columbia, SC Community Remembrances, August 9th & 18th, 2026
SUNDAY August 9th 5PM-6PM, Columbia Friends Meeting
120 Pisgah Church Road, Columbia, SC 29203
We’ll gather at Columbia Friends Meeting for a simple remembrance of the bombings of Hiroshima and and Nagasaki — a chance to pause,
“Nuclear Watchdog Sues for Plutonium Pit Production “Special Study””- August 4, 2026
— a big thanks for this action by Nuclear Watch New Mexico (co-plaintiff with SRS Watch in our successful plutonium pit NEPA lawsuit)
Santa Fe,
The Horror of Hiroshima – Eye Witness Account by U.S. Journalist John Hershey
Every school child in the US should be required to read John Hershey’s book “Hiroshima,”
Really?! Don’t swallow this DOE “news” too quickly: “NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site,” July 20, 2026
Well, we gotta throw a bucket of cold water on this half-baked proposal.
Where’s the environmental-impact review of restarting the HB-Line at SRS to purify plutonium? Looks like DOE may be violating or on the verge of violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for failure to analyze the impacts of starting up this aging facility.
In an Environmental Shocker, South Carolina Proposes Investigation of Disposal of Highly Radioactive Spent Nuclear Fuel in “Boreholes,” Part of a Submission to DOE for a “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus” –
“Nuclear watchdogs seek answers on plutonium pit need before comment deadline”
Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), July 16, 2026 8:42 AM, By Jillian Magtoto
For the first time since the 80s,
“The End of Another Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program”
“The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has put the brakes on the surplus plutonium Dilute and Dispose program and reassigned K-Area surplus plutonium processing capabilities to the plutonium pit production defense mission.
“Consequence Analysis of Major Fires at Plutonium Pit Production Facilities”
Science & Global Security journal, July 10, 2026
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08929882.2026.2690796
Abstract
As the United States reestablishes large-scale plutonium pit production,
The South Carolina Department of Commerce has submitted a fanciful proposal to the Department of Energy that the state “host” what DOE calls a “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus.” This citizen-subsidized “campus”
Environmental Protections Under Attack: The NRC’s New NEPA Rule
“After more than a year of sweeping deregulation at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) aimed at paving the way for accelerated deployment of so-called “advanced” reactors,
No new plutonium pits!
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is aggressively expanding the production of plutonium pits,
Plaintiffs Demand Release of Critical Documents and Extension of Public Comment Period on Expanded Plutonium Bomb Core Production
Georgetown, SC — Today the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP) notified the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency,
Oppose planning for nuclear war! Get your comments in on the plutonium pit draft Programmatic EIS (PEIS) about production of of up to 205 plutonium cores per year at the Savannah River Site and Los Alamos National Lab,
“Senator Markey Decries Security Concerns, Conflicts of Interest with Trump Proposal to Give Weapons-Usable Plutonium to Private Companies”
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Washington (June 2, 2026) – Senator Edward J.
Just how much uranium, in the form of fuel pellets, went down the drain at the Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication facility near Columbia, South Carolina? The company reports no criticality risk but the U.S.
Photo: Plutonium puck produced in “defense” reactors at the DOE’s Savannah River Site. SRS produced about 36 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium in 5 reactors, which were all closed by 1990.
Call it rate shock! South Carolina residents who are customers of Dominion Energy South Carolina are being hit with an unjust 5.22% of the monthly bill for the terminated nuclear reactor construction project.
Kansas City Nuclear Bomb Parts Honeywell Campus | Photo via National Security Campus & Dept. of Energy
“Kansas City: Inside America’s Nuclear Weapons Capital,
“Peace Through Atomic Strength” Я US!? Or….
Or is a better descriptor of what the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is doing with it’s rushed plutonium-pit production program, for new,
Photo: SRS Watch director Tom Clements, speaking at pit-plant news event at South Carolina state house on April 22, 2026
SRS Watch is submitting oral and written comments for the May 5,
Savannah River Site Watch (SRS Watch)
May 4, 2026
For Immediate Release – in PDF format: media advisory for May 5 2026 plutonium PEIS meeting
Contact: Tom Clements,
“Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war”
The Guardian, 25 April 2026
The dosimeter clipped to your chest ticks faster the moment you step off the designated path inside the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.
One-stop website with the news this week on the tour of the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant on April 21 by public interest groups & the news briefing at the S.C.
