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Wish we were there – protest in Germany on April 28, 2018 against shipment of German highly radioactive spent fuel – stored now at Juelich – to SRS, or to a facility in Ahaus, Germany.
The “dump on SRS option” may still officially be on the table but it’s looking more and more like it’s dead.
What’s up concerning preparation of plutonium oxide – from nuclear weapons “pits” – for disposition of plutonium as waste?
Report by Los Alamos National lab: “ARIES Oxide Production Program at LANL,” February 2015, for the Government Accountability Office audit – presentation linked here
“SCE&G Nuclear Reactor Construction Fiasco Overshadows Parallel Failure of DOE’s Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at the Savannah River Site; New Nuclear Bomb Project Coming to SRS?”
Article in Spring 2018 edition of the Congaree Chronicle, South Carolina Sierra Club newsletter
Chronicle linked here (and here: https://tinyurl.com/y9esdzd4) see page 18 for article above;
Friends of the Earth, with SRS Watch staff support, has begun running ads on the SCE&G’s VC Summer nuclear reactor debacle.
See the April 26th hard copy of The State, Columbia, SC, or the April 27th edition of the Charleston (South Carolina) Post & Courier.
Digital adds, slightly different from the print ad are also being run –
Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB), in report released on April 24, 2018, concludes that a undetected fire in the Solid Waste Management Facility could exceed the 2-hour response time, potentially posing a risk of higher radiation doses to workers
“Fire Detection and Response Time at the Solid Waste Management Facility at the Savannah River Site” – “Staff Issue Report” linked here
“Conclusion. The Board’s staff review team concluded that SWMF cannot adequately protect the assumption of a two-hour fire department response.
All Hail the Mothership! Nuclear Ship Savannah
“NUCLEAR SHIP SAVANNAH – ISSUANCE OF AMENDMENT 15 TO REVISE
THE LICENSE TO ALLOW DISMANTLEMENT AND DISPOSAL”
In an April 23, 2018 letter and safety evaluation, the U.S.
“Was the 2007 law that jumpstarted S.C. nuclear project unconstitutional? Attorneys ask circuit judge to decide”
Charleston (South Carolina) Post and Courier, April 20, 2018
Article on US disposition of surplus weapons plutonium, with SRS Watch – has some errors in it and High Flyer was not credited with MOX plant photo
“America’s nuclear headache: old plutonium with nowhere to go”
Reuters, April 20, 2018
U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission, April 20, 2018 – assessment of DOE’s monitoring of environmental leaks from the high-level nuclear waste tanks at SRS.
The tanks and the highly radioactive waste in them are the biggest environmental threat at the site. See: “TECHNICAL REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORTS FOR F-AREA [FTF] AND H-AREA TANK FARM [HTF] FACILITIES”
Friends of the Earth (with SRS Watch staff support) and Sierra Club in article on news event on Dominion Energy’s performance in Virginia
“Critics Warn SC Legislators Against Dominion, Citing Actions in Virginia”
Free Times, Columbia, South Carolina weekly, April 18, 2018
Combined News Posts March & April 2018
Friends of the Earth (with SRS Watch staff support) mentioned in article on how Dominion Energy – which wants to take over SCANA/SCE&G – is not such a good actor back home in Virginia:
“Utility trying to buy SCANA draws fire for its influence,
Combined News Posts February 2018
Is operation of the H-Canyon reprocessing plant safe as long as it remains a question if the radiation exhaust tunnel can perform its safety function?
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for February 23,
Combined News Posts January 2018 & December 2017
South Carolina Public Service Commission Spanks South Carolina Electric & Gas and Dominion- Request for “Expedited Hearing” in VC Summer Nuclear Debacle is Denied
On January 31, 2018,
NNSA Document Confirms MOX Plant at SRS being Reviewed for Production of Plutonium “Pits” for Nuclear Weapons; Would be Controversial Mission for SRS – Opposed by SRS Watch
NNSA’s Review of MOX Plant “Refurbishment” for Pit Production another Indicator that MOX is in Trouble and Facing Eventual Termination
Columbia, SC – A leaked 1-page document confirms that the U.S.
Combined News Posts November 2017
Plutonium “pit” production at SRS, for nuclear weapons? Is the
Pentagon driving the train to build the plutonium core of US nuclear weapons at SRS ? Article with SRS Watch (based on our news release of December 6,
Congressional Armed Services Committees Set Path for Termination of $17 Billion Plutonium Fuel (MOX) construction Boondoggle at DOE’s Savannah River Site
MOX Debacle can be Terminated by Secretary of Energy if Requirements Met for “Alternative Option”
Columbia, SC – The Armed Services Committees in Congress have laid out an approach that could lead to the termination of the mismanaged plutonium fuel (MOX) plant at the Savannah River Site.
Combined News Posts August -September 2017
Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design concerns….. This news is no surprise as SRS Watch has heard over the years from Westinghouse engineers who spoke of management problems and chaos inside the AP1000 design team.
Combined News Posts June – July 2017
URGENT! To members of the public in South Carolina: Your presence needed on Monday, July 31 & Tuesday, August 1 in Columbia, SC at historic meetings when fate of the SCE&G/Santee Cooper nuclear reactor boondoggle will be decided –
Combined News Posts April – June 2017
We are pleased to see that Senator Ed Markey placed a tribute to Paul Leventhal in the Congressional Record. Paul, founder of the Nuclear Control Institute, was a leader in development of sound US nuclear non-proliferation policies and one of our enduring inspirations.
Combined News Posts February – March 2017
South Carolinians Against Monetary Abuse (SCAMA) news,
March 29, 2017 – news release linked hereSCAMA Obtains Records Indicating Liens Filed by Fluor, Company Constructing New Nuclear Reactors in South Carolina and Georgia,
Combined News Posts January 2017
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reviewing reapproval of nuclear waste shipments route from Canada and the port of Charleston, SC to be dumped at the Savannah River Site
NRC letters of January 25,
Combined News Posts November – December 2016
Federal Court Case on MOX Failure Continues
State of South Carolina vs DOE: case based on federal on law requiring removal of plutonium from SRS due to MOX program’s collapse and failure –
Combined News Posts August-October 2016
“Part 21” report for MOX plant gloveboxes – potentially defective component supplied by a vendor to the MOX BOOndoggle
Docket Number 070-03098
CB&I AREVA MOX Services
Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility
Interim Report Notification: Vigor/Oregon Iron Works
“The Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility is evaluating a nonconforming condition associated with electrical penetration holes for PML gloveboxes which were found to be out of tolerance (OOT) as specified in procurement requirements.
Combined News Posts May – July 2016
SRS Watch in:
“Nuclear agency reports ‘apparent’ violations at MOX plant”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, July 30, 2016
photos above and to left: MOX boondoggle construction site in F-Area at SRS,
Combined News Posts February – April 2016
“MOX gets mixed grades from Energy Department –
Contractor’s award more than halved”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, April 29, 2016 –
News Releases
“Special Nuclear Materials” Shipped from Europe to Charleston, South Carolina in Advance of Nuclear Security Summit
Nuclear Security Summit Alert March 23, 2014 “Special Nuclear Materials” Shipped from Europe to Charleston, South Carolina in Advance of Nuclear Security Summit Was Canadian Plutonium from Belgium and Italy on UK-Flagged Pacific Egret?
DOE Releases 2012 MOX “Report” to Congress, Sits on Details of Sequester Impact to MOX
A Week after the “Sequester” Hits, DOE Remains Mum on MOX Impacts – Keep Waiting to Learn how Your Money is being MisspentIn a move which only heightens public suspicion about the problem-plagued plutonium fuel (MOX) program and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) lack of openness about it,
GAO Confirms Massive $2 Billion Cost Increase for Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant at Savannah River Site – NNSA Outed by GAO
NNSA Cover-Up of Massive Cost Increase of MOX Plant Blown by GAO – Ooopppsss!
In a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on February 14,