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See October 12, 2017 presentation by Robert Raines, NNSA, Associate Administrator for Acquisition and Project Management to the South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council:
Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF)
“Latest Government estimate [on MOX plant construction cost and schedule]: $17.2B and 2048 completion date”
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Columbia, SC – Newly obtained aerial photographs of the plutonium fuel (MOX) plan at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site reveal little external progress on the partially constructed facility.
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Draft recommendation “Oppose Receipt of German SNF for Treatment and Storage in the U.S.” – linked here
Watch for the pro-dumping members of the CAB,
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An SRS official admitted on August 8 at and SRS Citizens Advisory Board committee meeting that processing continues only for plutonium solutions in H-Canyon. But they can’t yet bring themselves to admit there are no more plutonium shipments from storage in the K-Area to HB-Line for processing.
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Odds Falling that the Badly Bungled MOX Project Will Make it to its 11th Anniversary
Columbia, SC — With no fanfare expected and no reason to celebrate,
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See partial list of outstanding SRS Watch FOIA requests, July 24, 2017, linked here
Why is SRS refusing to release any evidence about the hyped up “Drone Scare of 2016”
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SRS Watch news, July 20, 2017 – news release linked here
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: Nuclear Material Shipment to H-Canyon and HB-Line Halted
Note: The news release posted on July 20 was clear in that processing of plutonium liquid in HB-Line would continue and that processing of plutonium from K-Area would cease.
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MOX Termination on the Move in U.S. Senate
Senate Energy & Water chairman and ranking member vs $enator “MOXie” Graham, who stands alone in defending MOX waste for his client (CB&I AREVA MOX Services) —–
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Dilute and Dispose Faces Hurdles, Including Capacity of WIPP Disposal Site in New Mexico
Columbia, South Carolina – U.S. Department of Energy documents confirm that DOE has officially justified disposition of larger amounts of surplus weapon-grade plutonium via “dilute and dispose,” an alternative to the mismanaged plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Savannah River Site.
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July 10, 2017: We’re hearing turnover amongst workers at the MOX debacle remains high…they come…they get trained…they leave for higher-paying jobs where they can earn overtime = a formula for poor performance as termination of the project closes in.
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The last quarter of the U.S. Government’s Fiscal Year 2017 has arrived and we expect more action by DOE to start shutting down the bungled plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
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Columbia, South Carolina – A pathway to terminate the troubled plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) has been presented by the U.S.
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Spent fuel from the RP-10 research reactor in Peru appears to have been transported on the ship Palermo, which left Peru on May 23 and went around Cape Horn –
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Posted on May 26 by ©High Flyer – on Google drive linked here
High Flyer says “Read Me First,”
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Remember the SRS Watch report from November 2015: “H-Canyon Folly, Plutonium Failure?” (linked here) The Trump Administration budget request for DOE confirms we were correct in our assessment that SRS is falling far short of goals for plutonium oxide production in the aging H-Canyon reprocessing plant
In our report,
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We’ve finally getting somewhere with our Freedom of Information Act request of January 3, 2017 for information about “rework” (of improper work) that has taken place at the MOX project.
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Comments by NNSA Official at DNFSB Hearing First Indication of Review of Pit Production Capability
Columbia, SC – The Department of Energy has confirmed that it is now conducting a review to determine which DOE sites might be appropriate for location of production of plutonium “pits,” the core of nuclear weapons.
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“NNSA is performing an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to determine the most efficient and cost effective means of achieving pit manufacturing program goals over the next decade. Several NNSA and DOE sites with the capability of supporting nuclear operations are being considered in the AoA,
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Please contact SRS Watch if you have more information about the MOX Shim Sham or other rework or construction problems at the MOX boondoggle: srswatch@gmail.com
Why aren’t Senator Lindsey Graham and Rep.
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New Aerial Photos of Doomed Plutonium Fuel MOX Project at the DOE’s Savannah River Site Released, Legally Taken on May 26, 2017 – Can be Used with Approval by &
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South Carolina Electric & Gas’ (SCE&G) VC Summer photos, May 26, 2017, Courtesy of High Flyer © 2017, have been linked by High Flyer on a public Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwkyYyn8X-ySTHlYc0pwWDhCTWs
Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle May 26,
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Department of Energy Budget Request Deals Budget-Cutting Blow to Plutonium MOX Project, $270 Million Request for Project “Termination” is $70 Million less than Current Spending Level; Cut would Speed Orderly Termination of Mismanaged MOX Program
Washington,
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Suspicious of the hyped-up drone reports in the summer of 2016, SRS Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request on the matter in November 2016. We still have received no documents.
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South Carolina Public Service Commission Denies Request for “Emergency Hearing” on Troubled VC Summer Nuclear Reactor Construction Project
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has confirmed is that the “degraded” vessel head at South Carolina Electric &
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Some of the outstanding FOIA requests we have pending with SRS and DOE/NNSA on important programs and matters – list linked here:
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May 17, 2017: SRS Watch to Join with Sister Organizations to Meet with Congressional and Administration Offices in Washington, DC to Represent the Public Interest in DOE Funding and Policy Matters,
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Why are DOE/NNSA and CB&I AREVA MOX Services Failing to Answer Basic Questions about the Mismanaged Project’s Viability at the Time the DOE Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 is Supposedly Set to be Released (on May 22 or 23…)?
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DOE’s Failure to Release Information Prompts FOIA Request by SRS Watch
Columbia, SC – Receipt of controversial shipments of highly radioactive liquid waste from Canada has begun arriving at the U.S.
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Link to FOIA Response Document Confirming no MOX Report: https://tinyurl.com/kfx6hgl
Columbia, SC – Reflecting disarray in the program to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium,
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Congress Cuts MOX Funding for Fiscal Year 2017, Keeps Project on a Shut-down Track while Funding Alternative Plutonium Disposal Method (Dilute and Dispose) at Savannah River Site
Dreams of MOX boosters to get an Increase in funding not realized –
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