“MOTION by Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, National Nuclear Security Administration, Rick Perry, United States Department of Energy and US for stay pending appeal. Date of action to be stayed, if applicable:June 7,
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In Letter to DOE Secretary, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval Opposes Shipment of 1 Metric Ton of SRS to Device Assembly Facility (DAF) for “Staging” for an Unknown Length of Time & for No Legitimate Reason
September 28, 2018 letter linked here
For security and safety reasons, the plutonium should stay stored in the K-Reactor at SRS, where about 13 MT of plutonium are now stored,
SRS Watch news – September 28, 2018 – Very Bad News for MOX Booster$
Federal Appellate Panel Hears MOX Termination Case; Indications are that Last-Ditch Plea by the State of South Carolina to Force DOE to Continue the Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Construction Project at SRS Will be Rejected
As New Fiscal Year Approaches,
Hearing on termination of plutonium fuel (MOX) fiasco to be held in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA on September 27, 2018
Posted in Docket 18-1684 on July 20, 2018:
“07/20/2018 28 CASE CALENDARED for oral argument. Date: 09/27/2018. Registration Time: 8:45 – 9:00. Daily Arguments Begin: 9:30.
Comments to South Carolina Public Service Commission, September 24, 2018 – request that charge for nuclear reactor construction debacle remain on the bill in perpetuity
South Carolina Public Service Commission notice on “night hearings” o n the SCE&G nuclear debacle:
https://dms.psc.sc.gov/Attachments/Matter/67c33414-6c5e-4b5c-89ae-75ea3d59014f
MOX DOOM AND GLOOM SCENARIO BEING DEPLOYED – LAST GASPS FOR MOX BOONDOGGLE
Documents filed with Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals by DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration Affirm Commitment to MOX Boondoggle Termination, September 24, 2018
1. Letter to court relaying that the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2019 includes MOX waiver language –
In FOIA Response, US Department of Energy Confirms No New Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assessment Regarding Status of German AVR and THTR Commercial Spent Fuel
SRS Watch news, September 20, 2018 – news release linked here
In FOIA Response, US Department of Energy Confirms No New Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assessment Regarding Status of German AVR and THTR Commercial Spent Fuel;
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting on SRS high-level nuclear waste (being processed from SRS tanks): PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT – Sept. 18, Aiken, SC
Title: Status of U.S. NRC NDAA WIR Monitoring Activities at the U.S. DOE Savannah River Site
Date(s) and Time(s): September 18, 2018, 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
Location: U.S.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission – PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT in Aiken, South Carolina on SRS high-level waste processing, September 18, 2018 – with call-in line
NRC meeting notice linked here
Title: Status of U.S. NRC NDAA WIR Monitoring Activities at the U.S. DOE Savannah River Site – by Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Questions Ability of SRS Procedures to Allow Safe Operation of Aging H-Canyon Reprocessing Plant in Seismic Event, posted September 17, 2018
DNFSB’s “H-Canyon Justification for Continued Operation” – letter dated September 7, 2018 and attached report linked here
>>> The question begs: Should H-Canyon be closed until there is full resolution of this safety matter?
SRS Citizens Advisory Board (SRS CAB) to meet in Columbia, South Carolina on September 24-25, 2018
Please Attend! – agenda linked here
SRS Watch representative to make public comment, especially on misguided “dumping for profit” scheme to dump highly radioactive German waste on SRS
photo: casks at Juelich,
MOX PORK SET TO GET MASSIVE SLICE!
On September 13, 2018 the US House passed US DOE funding for Fiscal Year 2019. As the Senate has already passed the appropriations funding it now goes to the president to be signed into law.
“Savannah River Site F and H Area [High Level Nuclear Waste] Tank Farms – NRC Onsite Observation Visit”
by Savannah River Remediation, August 13-14, 2018, made public by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on September 12, 2018
Document URL in NRC’s digital library (ADAMS): https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML18247A080
WARNING: MOX boondoggle at SRS about to be Slammed by Funding Storm!
Worker evacuation to other jobs is under way as abuse to taxpayers is weakened!
Trump White House Supports Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations Agreement with Massive Cut to MOX Boondoggle –
Upcoming Dates on Energy & Nuclear Issues Important to South Carolinians, September 7, 2018
SRS Watch – Friends of the Earth Nuclear Calendar PDF – linked here
September 11, 10 a.m. – S.C. legislature’s Public Utilities Review Committee (PURC) –
Important US DOE document on preparation of plutonium oxide at Los Alamos for the “dilute & dispose” method of plutonium disposition (as an alternative to the failed MOX method)
“ARIES Oxide Production Program Dilute and Dispose LCCE Overview,
Material Management and Minimization Program”
Los Alamos National Laboratory / Pit Disassembly and Processing
Los Alamos,
Congressional Appropriators Render Huge Blow to MOX Boondoggle
– September 10, 2018 – MOX Cut by a Massive One-third, and Spending on MOX Construction can be Waived
MOX TO BE DEVASTATED! When passed by the full Congress,
It’s crazy to plan to shuttle plutonium around just to please a court that hasn’t followed the plutonium disposition program – watch for more push-back from Nevada.
“Supplemental Analysis for the Removal of One Metric Ton of Plutonium from the State of South Carolina to Nevada, Texas and New Mexico”
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration,
If you want to learn how DOE’s Savannah River Site (Near Aiken, SC) fits into the DOE nuclear weapons complex take a look at this report by the Congressional Research Service, Sept. 6, 2018.
SRS is home to the other massive, failed nuclear construction project in the state: the $17-billion plutonium fuel ( MOX) factory
“The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Overview of Department of Energy Sites”
“Sens. Heinrich, Udall ask Perry to suspend order on nuclear oversight” – in order to protect essential roe of Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) at DOE sites
anta Fe New Mexican, Sept. 5, 2018 – article linked here
Letter from Senators Heinrich and Udall, September 5, 2018 – linked here
Obtained by SRS Watch –
$9 billion nuclear reactor debacle of South Carolina Electric & Gas exposed in Sierra Magazine, September/October edition
“A Nuclear Energy Meltdown Scrambles Southern Politics – South Carolinians have some of the highest electricity bills in the country, thanks in part to nuclear energy”
article,
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) – including member group SRS Watch – take action to protect the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), important independent oversight body for DOE sites
On the eve of an important public hearing by the independent DOE oversight panel – Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB),
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s “REPLY BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS” in matter of federal court proceedings concerning the termination of the MOX boondoggle and removal of plutonium from South Carolina
REPLY BRIEF FOR APPELLANTS, filed with Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals – linked here
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT (from the filing)
South Carolina’s theory of the case relies on the incorrect assumption that the Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to leave plutonium in South Carolina permanently.
More Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests Filed by SRS Watch – Update
As DOE and Other Federal Agencies Staunchly Refuse to Create an On-Line Library and Post Documents Key to Public Understanding of Publicly Funded Operations, We Have to Use FOIA and Other Methods to Find Out What They are Up To!
MOX Chaos at SRS Deepens – Qualified Workers Jumping Ship at Unprecedented Pace
MOX Workers: Keep Jumping Ship as this Situation Won’t last much Longer
As the debate over funding for the MOX debacle continues in Congress – all committees agree to a track to final &
Aging H-Canyon Reprocessing Plant at SRS Hits 63-years Old, Still being Pushed to Operate Despite Diminished State
SRS Watch news, August 21, 2018: SRS report provided to SRS Watch via a Freedom of Information Act request reveals decayed state of H-Canyon reprocessing plant radioactive gas exhaust tunnel
Given operational problems and aging of the facility,
SRS Watch in article on how the plutonium fuel (MOX) debacle is again being set up for termination by Congress and DOE:
“MOX protection not included in defense authorization measure signed by Trump”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, August 14, 2018
Key documents accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2019 –
Meeting in Columbia, South Carolina on the uranium leak at the Westinghouse fuel plant – August 30, 6:30 p.m.
LOWER RICHLAND COMMUNITY MEETINGS
WITH COUNCILMAN NORMAN JACKSON
6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Thursday, August 30, 2018 Lower Richland Sheriff Substation 2615 Lower Richland Blvd., Columbia, Topic: Water,
MOX Debacle Layoffs Likely Coming Starting October 1 – Start of Fiscal Year 2019 – No Matter What Happens
Did you notice that the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 – signed into law on August 13 – only “authorizes” $220 million for MOX construction and includes language allowing the Secretary of Energy to “waive”
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection of Bungled MOX Construction Project Reveals Violation with Faulty Welds
– Why is the media avoiding covering this issue?
“MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY- NRC INSPECTION REPORT
NUMBER 70-3098/2018-003,” August 7, 2018 –