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.
DOE Set to Unleash “Plutonium Folly” with Aging HB-Line at SRS, Breaking Environmental Law in the Process?
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.
Environmental Shocker: South Carolina Proposes Investigation of Disposal of Highly Radioactive Spent Nuclear Fuel in “Boreholes,” SRS Watch News based on FOIA Request, July 17, 2026
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” –
Georgia Public Radio: “Nuclear watchdogs seek answers on plutonium pit need before comment deadline,” July 16, 2026
“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 Aiken Chronicles, Aiken, SC, July 12, 2026
“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” [SRS, Los Alamos] – Science & Global Security, July 10, 2026
“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,
SRS Watch Files FOIA Request for Scheme for Subsidized Nuclear Facilities at SRS, July 9, 2026
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”
NRC is Destroying NEPA in Desperate, Misguided Move to Support Speculative, “Advanced” Nuclear Facilities
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), July 8, 2026
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,” July 6, 2026 news release
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,
Citizen Speaks Up in Plutonium Pit PEIS Comment: “Nuclear stockpile expansion carries known environmental risks” – Submit a Comment to DOE NOW!
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,
Halt Give Away of Weapons Plutonium: Senator Markey to Trump, June 2, 2026
“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.
“UNANALYZED CONDITION” – URANIUM PELLETS FOUND IN DRAIN PIPING at Westinghouse Fuel Plant, Columbia, SC
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.
“Rare Referendum on Nuclear Warheads Begins in South Carolina” – article on Plutonium Pit PEIS in South Carolina, May 5, 2026
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.
Secret 5.22% Monthly Charge for Terminated Nuclear Reactor Project at V.C. Summer Slamming Dominion’s Electricity Customers, to Go on for 13 more Years
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.
Another DOE Nuclear Bomb Factory Exposed: “Kansas City: Inside America’s Nuclear Weapons Capital, As It Builds the Newest American Bomb”
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 is DOE really saying…Rearmament Я US!?
“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,
SRS Watch Submits Comments into Plutonium Pit Programmatic EIS Record, May 5, 2026
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,
DOE Meeting on SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant & Environmental Impacts, May 5, 2026, N. Augusta, SC – Media Advisory
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,
Good article: “Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war,” April 25, 2026, The Guardian
“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.
News Media on the Plutonium Pit Production PEIS – Finally the Issue Breaks Through & the Public Can Learn about the Threats of Plutonium “Pit” Production to Fuel New Nuclear Warheads
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.
Thoughts on Touring the $30-Billion SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant…not as Sweet as Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, April 21, 2026
Thoughts & Observations about South Carolina’s Nuclear Weapons Factory of Doom:
Inside the $30-Billion SRS Plutonium Bomb Factory —
Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch (www.srswatch.org),
“Impacts of plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site unveiled” – article on Plutonium Pit Plant PEIS, April 20, 2026
“Impacts of plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site unveiled”
Savannah Morning News, April 20, 2026
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released its draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for national production of up to 205 plutonium pits per year (ppy) on April 10.
Comment to DOE on Impacts of SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant; Update on Bomb Plant Tour at SC State Capitol on April 22
On April 10, 2026, DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the impacts of plutonium “pit” – nuclear warhead bomb cores.
MOX-Style Disaster Unleashed? NNSA Gives Failing Grade to Construction of SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has released the “Performance Evaluation Report” (PER) for the work in Fiscal Year 2025 of the SRS plutonium Bomb Plant contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS),
SRS Watch Unleashes Comment Against DOE Effort to Avoid NEPA for “Advanced Nuclear Reactors,” March 4, 2026
Thanks to those of you who submitted comments in DOE notice on “categorical exclusions,” designed to avoid compliance with NEPA for “advanced nuclear reactors” and associated waste management.
GAO: SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant Delays Mount and Costs Soar, Per Usual DOE Methodology, Feb. 26, 2026 report
DOE’s “Nuclear Security Enterprise” – Yes, it’s a busine$$ enterprise
“Assessments of NNSA Major Projects”
Government Accountability Office – GAO-26-107777, February 26, 2026
GAO observes that the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant operation has slipped to 2035 and is likely to slip further and that costs are soaring,
Paddle & Boogie to Stop the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant, Augusta, GA Canal, March 28, 2026, with Music
Workers at SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant almost Sliced to Ribbons by Robot “Hydroblasting” External Wall: DOE & DNFSB Reports
Reports by the Department of Energy and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Reveal Near-Disastrous Worker Incident while Hydo-Blasting with a Robot through a Thick Concrete Wall at the MOX-to-Pit-Plant Project with a High Pressure Water Jet
The dodgy legacy grows of the SRS once-was-MOX plant and now Wanna-be Plutonium Bomb Plant,
Plutonium Shipment Secrecy – Ripe for Comments in the Plutonium-Pit-Production Draft Programmatic EIS in May 2026
Gearing up for public comments on the plutonium-pit-production draft Programmatic EIS, likely coming in May 2026:
Every Day, Nukes Are Riding Right Past People Like You
The United States government ships its nuclear materials,