Now that MOX is dead, will this plutonium go to WIPP in New Mexico to be disposed of as the waste that it is?
“Maintaining Continuity of Knowledge on Nuclear Waste Destined for Geological Repositories.
Latest News
“First round of MOX layoff notices being sent out”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, November 8, 2018 – article linked here
More indications that problems with the “exhaust tunnel” at the aging H-Canyon reprocessing plant at the Savannah River Site may result in a serious accident in case of a seismic event.
Now, it’s an issue with functionality of emergency diesel generators to maintain ventilation.
SRS Occurrence Report, November 8, 2018 – linked here
“On October 31,
Picture NO PEIS, NO PITS!
SRS Watch in articles on DOE’s effort to expand plutonium “pit” production at SRS – for nuclear weapons – without preparing legally mandated environmental documentation (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement –
“U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION JULY 9 – 11, 2018, ONSITE OBSERVATION VISIT REPORT FOR THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE SALTSTONE DISPOSAL FACILITY” – dated November 1, 2018
How will the cap over the buried nuclear waste cells – a by-product of cesium removal from high-level nuclear waste in the SRS tanks – perform and when will it leak?
Fraud and Imprudence: Hearing into South Carolina Electric & Gas on Failed Nuclear Reactor Construction set for Nov. 1
Friends of the Earth news release, October 29, 2018 – linked here
Fraud and Imprudence: Hearing into South Carolina Electric & Gas on Failed Nuclear Reactor Construction set for Nov.
Shipping plutonium around for no reason don’t make no sense, y’all!
We need to analyze these documents further, but the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules in plutonium-removal case – upholds district court’s position to remove 1 MT of plutonium from SRS (which will only increase costs,
What we have been warning MOX workers about all year is about to happen – some paid attention & some didn’t:
Layoff notices for some MOX employees expected to go out next month
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, October 22, 2018
MOX Termination News, October 19, 2018
MOX contractor Orano/Areva cracks and finally issues MOX termination statement, October 18, 2018:
“Update on situation with the MFFF recycling plant in the United States” – linked here
&
New book by University of Texas (LBJ School of Public Affairs) on problems plutonium fuel (MOX) faces worldwide (not in US), especially given the steady decline of reprocessing of highly radioactive spent fuel:
“Plutonium for Energy? Explaining the Global Decline of MOX”
“The Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project is pleased to announce publication of its new open-access book: Plutonium for Energy?
MOX’s LAST GASP – Why would such a screwed up dead-end project that adds to the deficit and raises proliferation concerns be protected by President Trump, who would have to go against the NSC, OMB, DOE, NNSA & Congress to even delay termination of the pathetic mega-boondoggle known as MOX….jobs and payola by Senator Lindsey “MOXie” Graham to contractors ain’t enough reason to save this mess for even a second more…..
Trump intervention the last hope for nuclear fuel facility at Savannah River Site
Charleston (South Carolina) Post & Courier, front page print edition, October 18, 2018
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Did Senator Lindsey “MOXie” Graham and his Ill-Informed “Save MOX Brigade” Strike Out in Last-Ditch Effort with President Trump on October 18, 2018?
Senator Graham isn’t tweeting about the Oct. 18 MOX meeting with Trump and his news release – linked here – isn’t posted on his website. That news release has nothing in it about Trump’s reaction at the meeting.
More on global efforts to stop stockpiling of weapon-usable plutonium and get plutonium out of commerce (such as via proliferation-inducing reprocessing of spent fuel and use of MOX fuel):
“An Alternative to the Continued Accumulation of Separated Plutonium in Japan: Dry Cask Storage of Spent Fuel”
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, October 16, 2018
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25751654.2018.1527886
ATTENTION PATRIOTS AND TAXPAYERS BEING GOUGED BY THE US MOX DEBACLE:
As Senator Lindsey “MOXie” Graham plans at last-ditch Hail-Mary meeting with President Trump to try and save the already dead MOX project, the South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council (NAC) will join the Graham pro-MOX cheerleading squad,
MOX DOOM: Near Final Chapter! S.C. Attorney General & S.C. Nuclear Advisory Council throw in towel on MOX. Boondoggle News of October 15, 2018
At the Oct. 15 meeting of the Nuclear Advisory Council, a nuclear industry cheer-leading group of marginal value to the state, the attorney representing the State of SC admitted that they have lost in their effort to stop the Fourth Circuit Court of appeals from lifting the “stay”
SRS Watch in “DOE Terminates MOX Contract, Likely Killing Controversial Project”
Engineering News-Record, October 15, 2018
article linked here: https://www.enr.com/articles/45529-doe-terminates-mox-contract-likely-killing-controversial-project
NNSA requesting MOX termination in official notice
[Note: NNSA has “Ordered” MOX termination.]
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, October 12, 2018
https://www.augustachronicle.com/news/20181012/nnsa-requesting-mox-termination-in-official-notice
Trump administration kills contract for plutonium-to-fuel plant
The MOX Boondoggle and MOX Boosters – especially self-serving politicians like $enator Lindsey Graham and Rep. Joe Wil$on – Have Run Out of Road on the MOX Scam!
SRS Watch in various MOX-is-Over articles, October 12, 2018:
Multi-billion dollar mistake? Feds move to abandon over-budget nuclear fuel plant
The State,
Bombs Away? Not So Fast….
As the Democrats have taken over the House Armed Services Committee, a discussion will begin in earnest about nuclear weapons policy and the wisdom of spending $1 trillion on weapons modernization over the next 30 years.
HUGE NEWS! MOX IS ALL BUT DEAD! FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS TERMINATION OF PLUTONIUM FUEL (MOX) DEBACLE AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE TO PROCEED!
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejects lower court halt to termination of MOX boondoggle – October 9, 2018
AFTER A WASTE OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THE END OF THE MOX SCAM IS AT HAND!
Stand By for Ruling by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on MOX Termination, October 8, 2018 – Coming Soon!
We are betting that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will allow termination of the MOX boondoggle to proceed. MOX workers are still being told nothing about a possible court ruling or about the massive cut to the MOX construction budget (from $335 million to $220 million as of October 1,
US DOE response in MOX termination case before Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, October 4, 2018
– Expect a ruling by the court soon & when that happens the MOX debacle could be finally over if the court allows termination of MOX to proceed
REPLY IN SUPPORT OF RENEWED MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL –
In MOX Termination Case before Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, State of South Carolina Files Weak Response to DOE’s Request to Allow MOX Termination to Proceed, October 3, 2018
– Have MOX Boosters Thrown in the Towel after so Much Money Wasted on the MOX Boondoggle?
Court could soon rule to allow MOX termination to proceed
In its filing,
MOX Fraudster to Finally Face Justice – Sentencing Set for October 1, 2018 in Federal Court in Columbia, South Carolina
The second of two criminals who scammed the MOX boondoggle of millions of dollars via fake receipts will finally be sentenced. His partner in crime has been sentenced but is out on appeal.
ATTENTION MOX WORKERS: PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT MOX PROJECT DOWNSIZING AND LAYOFFS ARE BEING COMMUNICATED TO YOU BY MOX SERVICES.
With a one-third cut coming to the MOX project, from $335 million to $220 million, big changes are afoot. MOX workers deserve ample notification about layoffs – which is likely not to happen as project changes begin on October 1,
Court requests State of SC respond to NNSA motion to stay order stopping MOX termination, by October 3:
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 1100 East Main Street, Suite 501, Richmond, Virginia 23219
October 1, 2018
____________________________ RESPONSE REQUESTED ____________________________
No.
18-1684,
State of South Carolina v.
As MOX Project Collapses, Another MOX Criminal Sentenced to Prison
federal district court in Columbia, SC on October 1, 2018, MOX FRAUDSTER Aaron Vennefron was sentenced to 12 months plus one day in prison and $600,000 seized from “a hidden secret room”
What is contractor MOX Services telling MOX workers about the imminent termination of the MOX debacle?
Likely nothing – workers still being abused as the waste, fraud, abuse & mismanagement are continuing until the very last day!
One of the Very Last Steps is about to Happen before the Federal Court Allows DOE to Continue Terminating the MOX Boondoggle –
If you track operations of the aged H-Canyon reprocessing plant at SRS – the last defense or commercial reprocessing plant in the US – you know that SRS and contractors are as a strict rule always shopping around for more work to keep the taxpayer money flowing to operation of the facility (by contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions).
Now, H-Canyon boosters are looking at processing research reactor spent fuels that earlier were said not to be reprocessable in H-Canyon. But they may have to settle for lab-scale operations,