SRS Watch & Nuclear Watch of New Mexico news release on DOE documents on plutonium “pit” production covered in article:
“Report: MOX project dead, more waste and 1,800 jobs from replacement”
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SRS Watch & Nuclear Watch of New Mexico news release on DOE documents on plutonium “pit” production covered in article:
“Report: MOX project dead, more waste and 1,800 jobs from replacement”
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Albuquerque (New Mexico) Journal, May 26, 2018
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If you’re in Columbia, please attend.
“S.C. attorney general files motion for injunction to stop MOX shutdown”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, May 25, 2018
AIKEN — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a motion in federal court Friday seeking an injunction to stop the U.S.
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Last Shot at Saving his Favorite Boondoggle Next Year, but his Approach could Backfire, Spelling Doom for Workers who would be Involved in Project Termination and Facility Repurposing
The bogus save-MOX amendment by Senator Graham in the Senate Armed Services Committees would disallow any funds from being spent on project termination or reuse of the MOX plant.
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blog by Tom Clements, SRS Watch, for International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), May 23, 2018 – with links to key documents
posted on IPFM website at:
http://fissilematerials.org/blog/2018/05/us_department_of_energy_t.html
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1. The State of South Carolina claims – in a May 22 letter linked here – that it will bring a lawsuit to try and save MOX,
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We’ll get to see how the broken MOX spin machine is reacting to the bitter defeat of MOX termination. SRS Watch will be there to observe and comment.
SOUTH CAROLINA NUCLEAR ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING
Oconee Nuclear Station
Operations Training Center,
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May 21, 2018 letter to Congress on new nuclear bomb facility to make plutonium “pits” for nuclear weapons – letter led by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) and signed by SRS Watch and Nuclear Watch of New Mexico
Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Feinstein:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced last week that it plans to repurpose the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina to produce plutonium pits used in nuclear weapons.
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) notes problems at the Savannah River National Laboratory – Matters not revealed by DOE and (as far as we know) not covered by local media,
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– meeting looks to be closed to the public – to discuss concerns about safe operation at the Savannah River Site
“Savannah River Site Conduct of Operations Safety Management”
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see “TECHNICAL REVIEW: GROUNDWATER MONITORING AT AND
NEAR THE PLANNED SALTSTONE DISPOSAL FACILITY
(DOCKET NO. PROJ0734),” May 17, 2018 – linked here
Conclusion: “The Z Area groundwater characterization study documented a plume in SRNS-RP-2015-00902.
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20 Year of Fighting this Misguided Boondoggle has Finally Paid Off for the Public!!!
Union of Concerned Scientists, May 14, 2018 new release on mismanaged MOX project termination –
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The last MOX funds for construction will be spent 30 days after delivery of this letter – on June 10, 2018. Letter linked here.
Perry sent his waiver letter on MOX construction and we wave goodbye to MOX and say good riddance.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Office of Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation (CEPE)
Surplus Plutonium Disposition Dilute and Dispose Option Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) Report
April 2018
And linked in UCS news release: Energy Department Makes the Right Decision to Kill MOX Program
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Will funding in Fiscal Year 2019 for termination of the badly bungled MOX project be discussed?
Energy & Water Subcommittee website linked here
Subcommittee Markup –
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According to the May 4, 2018 edition of the Exchange Monitor, Virginia Kay, deputy director of the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Material Disposition, said that the report would be delivered in a “Juneish”
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