You are encouraged to attend one of these talks about the role of Savannah River Site in the nuclear arms race and enter into constructive dialogue about what the public can do to challenge the massive waste of resources on the nuclear buildup and the security and environmental threat it poses.
SRS Watch News
Imaginary, Risky Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have No Place in South Carolina Energy Legislation (H 3309)
Reasons the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) sections of the H 3309 energy bill before the South Carolina legislature should be eliminated
Savannah River Site Watch, fact sheet on problems in energy bill with both SMRs and state-funded nuclear industry booster group South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council (NAC),
National Nuclear Security Administration’s FY24 “Performance Evaluation Report” for SRS Plutonium “Pit” Plant Reveals Problems: Project Management is “Less than Adequate” and Lacks “Integrated Master Schedule”
Annual Contractor Performance Review Reveals that Proposed DOE Nuclear Weapons Plutonium-Component Facility at Savannah River Site Lacks Master Schedule or Updated Cost Estimate
National Nuclear Security Administration’s FY2024 “Performance Evaluation Report” (PER) for SRS: Plutonium “Pit” Plant Project Management is “Less than Adequate” &
FOIA Request to SRS for Documents on “DEIA” Deletion
SRS Watch has filed a FOIA request with DOE’s Savannah River Site for documents related to “DEIA.”
The request of February 3, 2025 is for the following documents:
Any communication,
Historic Settlement Reached in NEPA Lawsuit Over Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production at SRS, Los Alamos
Historic Settlement Reached in NEPA Lawsuit Over Plutonium “Pit” Bomb Core Production
News release, January 17, 2025
AIKEN, S.C. — Nonprofit public interest groups have reached an historic settlement agreement with the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency,
SRS Watch Celebrates 10 Years of Public-Interest Advocacy for the Environment, Nuclear Nonproliferation
Savannah River Site Watch Celebrates 10 Years of Public-Interest Advocacy for the Environment, Nuclear Nonproliferation
News release linked here: https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/757512140/savannah-river-site-watch-celebrates-10-years-of-public-interest-advocacy-for-the-environment-nuclear-nonproliferation
COLUMBIA, SC, November 4,
Major Victory on Plutonium Pit Production! “Court Rules U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Plan Violates Federal Law”
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Savannah River Site Watch
Tri-Valley CAREs
For Immediate Release –
University of Georgia Houses Nuclear Archives of SRS Watch Director – Thanks, Academic Dawgs!
Photo: SRS Watch director Clements at Underground “bunker” at the University of Georgia – special collections
SRS Watch director Tom Clements is honored that the University of Georgia houses the archives of over a 40-year career.
SRS Watch Comment to South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council about their Role, Pit Production
At the South Carolin Nuclear Advisory Council (NAC) meeting in Columbia, SC on April 29, 2024, SRS Watch made a hard-hitting comment questioning the role of the NAC in an energy bill now before the South Carolina legislature.
Obscure part of the new nuclear arms race: NRC approves increase in production of tritium gas used in all nuclear warheads, with resultant increase in processing at SRS
DOE image on front page: tritium canister (of classified size) & above: diagram of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rod (TPBAR)
TVA gains NRC approval to increase production of radioactive tritium gas for nuclear weapons –
NNSA Delays Urgent Research on Plutonium “Pit” Aging, Heavily Redacted Plutonium Pit Aging Plan to Congress Obtained via Tardy DOE FOIA Response
U.S. DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Delays Urgent Research on Plutonium “Pit” Aging While Spending Tens of Billions on Nuclear Weapons Bomb Core Production; Heavily Redacted Document Obtained via Tardy Response to FOIA Request
Nearly three years after filing a Freedom of Information Act request,
Energy Legislation in South Carolina Radioactive, Must be Rejected; Document Reveals Dominion Customers Paying 5.6% of Bill for Failed V.C. Summer Reactor Construction Project
Energy Legislation before South Carolina General Assembly Includes Unjustified Giveaways to Nuclear Industry; in Ill-Advised Move, Elevates Role of Nuclear Advisory Council (Industry Promotional Body)
Unlearned Lesson: Current Dominion Energy Electricity Bill Includes Hidden Charge of 5.6% for Failed V.C.
Proposed SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant Cost Estimate Surges to $25 Billion, DOE Admits Design Challenges
U.S. Department of Energy Admits Design Problems with Controversial New Plutonium Bomb Plant at Savannah River Site as Cost Surges to a Stunning $25 Billion, Likely Most Expensive Building in U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paves Way for Increase in Production of Tritium for Nuclear Weapons, Further Undermining Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norms; Tritium Processing at SRS to Increase
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paves Way for Increase in Production of Tritium for Nuclear Weapons, Further Undermining Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norms and Keeping U.S. on Nuclear War Footing
SRS Watch news,
Nuclear Reactor Construction Debacle: SRS Watch Views New Nuclear Reactors at Vogtle Site in Georgia
Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle: new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors – unit 4 on left (under criticality testing) and unit 3 on right (operating), reactor buildings are white, at the base of the cooling towers –
“Tiger Team” Review of SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant Milestones Signals that Challenges Exist
The summary “Performance Evaluation Report” (PER) for the nuclear weapons programs at the Savannah River Site confirm that a special “Tiger Team” has reviewed documents for the planning of the proposed SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant and that the team is helping implement new design and cost plans.
Federal Environmental Lawsuit Against Plutonium Pit Production at SRS, Los Alamos Proceeds, with New Schedule
The federal environmental lawsuit brought by public interest groups asking for the court to order DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to prepare a “Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement”
DOE’s Office of Hearings and Appeals Compels the Savannah River Site to Release Key Documents Related to Failed Decade-Long Efforts to Import Highly Radioactive Spent Fuel from Germany
Emails Obtained from the Department of Energy via a Freedom of Information Act request Reveal Frantic Interactions with Germany in Misguided Attempt to Import Highly Radioactive Waste to DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina,
Lawyers for SRS Watch & Allies Deal Blow to DOE Challenge to Admission of Key Documents in Federal Lawsuit concerning New Plutonium “Pits” (Cores) for New Nuclear Warheads
Attorneys for SRS Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico and Tri-Valley CAREs, plaintiffs in a federal court case demanding a “programmatic Environmental Impact Statement” (PEIS) on plutonium pit production,
Plutonium Pits for New Nuclear Weapons Trumps Plutonium “Disposal”: DOE Pumps Information from its Black Box to Selected Allies and Not the Public about Delays in Plutonium Disposition
The U.S. Department of Energy has quietly told friends that it’s program to “dispose of” 40 metric tons of surplus weapons plutonium has been delayed 10 years. Search as we might we can find no public information about this.
SRS Watch Engages Public on DOE’s Plans for the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant, to Manufacture Plutonium “Pits” for New Nuclear Warheads Essential to Plans for Full-Scale Nuclear War
Savannah River Site Watch reached out to attendees at a clean energy festival (https://getoffthegridfest.com/) in Spartanburg, South Carolina on August 19, 2023, to enlist opposition to plans by the Department of Energy &
Oppenheimer Legacy: South Carolina, the Center of the New Nuclear Arms Race – Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 7-8:30 p.m. ET, Presentations & Discussion on Zoom
Photo in post: Don’t Dump Rocky Flats Plutonium Pit Production on South Carolina! 1992 at gates of Rocky Flats pit-production facility, nbear Boulder, Colorado, with current SRS Watch director (standing under the center of the billboard,
Federal Judge Sets New Schedule in Or Lawsuit Demanding Full Environmental Review of Plutonium “Pit” Production for New Nuclear Weapons
The federal judge in Columbia, South Carolina has issued a new schedule for the public interest lawsuit asking for preparation of a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) by DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) concerning the plan to produce plutonium pits –
DOE Grants SRS Watch Appeal of FOIA on German Spent Fuel Import – SRS Search “Inadequate”
The DOE’s Office of Hearings and Appeals has decided in favor of SRS Watch and granted our appeal of an inadequate search for documents relevant to our FOIA request related to import and dumping of Ger man spent fuel at SRS.
SRS Watch Files Appeal to Inadequate SRS Response to FOIA Request for Documents on the Now-Terminated Scheme to Dump Highly Radioactive German Spent Fuel at SRS
An email provided to SRS Watch in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request reveals that the German entity notified SRS in October 2022 that the scheme to dump German spent fuel –
State Department Promises to Drag its Feet in Providing Information on Nuclear Waste from Spain to the U.S. – Re 1966 Palomares Nuclear Weapons Accident that Scattered Plutonium near Palomares, Spain, with Waste Dumped at SRS
U,S. State Department won’t respond until November 2025 to an information request about more nuclear waste that could come to SRS from a nuclear weapons accident in Spain in 1996!
In Response to NNSA’s Refusal to Release Information on Plutonium Pit Aging, SRS Watch Files FOIA Requests
DOE is using “pit aging” as a justification to fabricate new pits for new nuclear weapons. We challenge them to back up their claim with scientific data!
SRS Watch Updates Long String of Public Interest Victories Over Misguided SRS projects
Major Savannah River Site (SRS) Public Interest Victories – For a Cleaner, Safer Site
Stopped operation of the Allied General Nuclear Services (AGNS) reprocessing plant,
SRS Watch Requests Nonproliferation Review of Production of HALEU (Uranium Enriched to 20% U-235)
SRS Watch, in response to a DOE notice that an Environmental Impact Statement would be prepared on production and availability of High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU), has requested that a Nonproliferation Impact Assessment (NPIA) be prepared related to the HALEU program.
DOE’s Spotty Response to FOIA Requests Harms Openness and Transparency: Is DOE Secretary Granholm Paying Attention???
Here are some Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by SRS Watch – which indicate how slow DOE processes FOIA (counter to DOE regulations). Such slow response to FOIA request by public interests groups like SRS Watch undermines public confidence and hurts transparency and openness.