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Public Interest Groups Warn NNSA on Plutonium Giveaway

South Carolina, September 8, 2026 – Today, the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP) sent a letter of demand to the Department of Energy (DOE) and its semi-autonomous agency,

“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,

 

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.

“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,”

“Nuclear watchdogs seek answers on plutonium pit need before comment deadline”

Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), July 16, 2026 8:42 AM, By Jillian Magtoto

https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/07/16/nuclear-watchdogs-seek-answers-on-plutonium-pit-need-comment-deadline

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,

Environmental Protections Under Attack: The NRC’s New NEPA Rule

by Lynda Williams

“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,

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.

 

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,