Monitors a host of energy and nuclear issues from a public interest perspective
“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,
Comment for the New Mexico Environment Department’s “Record of the WIPP Agency-Initiated
Modification Draft Permit of April 23, 2026”
(The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant –
“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.
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”
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.
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.
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),
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.
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,
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,
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,
Nuclear Hotseat, 7428 Valaho Drive, Los Angeles, CA 91042
podcast: https://www.nuclearhotseat.com/podcast/savannah-river-site-nuclear-weapons/
SC’s Savannah River Site & the Dept of Energy’s Nuclear Weapons Pit Push –
Tom Clements,
“LANL Prioritizes Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production Over Safety”
News release from Nuclear Watch New Mexico, November 6, 2025: https://nukewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/LANL-Prioritizes-Plutonium-Pit-Bomb-Core-Production-Over-Safety.pdf
Santa Fe,
Savannah River Site Watch news, October 21, 2025:
Report on Plutonium-Use Plans by Department of Energy and Oklo Inc Pose Unacceptable Nuclear Proliferation Risks; Program to Give Away 19.7 Tons of DOE Plutonium Must be Halted
SRS Watch Report Unleashing Plutonium Proliferation in the U.S.
