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Supplementary Comment on Draft Plutonium Pit PEIS (DOE/EIS-0573) & Attachments, by Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch, www.srswatch.org
Filed with NNSA on August 13, 2026
>>> We request that members of the public also file a comment based on the JASON “Plutonium Report”
In response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, DOE’s NNSA forced to release technical report that does not support a rapid return to production of plutonium “pits”
Hiroshima & Nagasaki – Columbia, SC Community Remembrances, August 9th & 18th, 2026
SUNDAY August 9th 5PM-6PM, Columbia Friends Meeting
120 Pisgah Church Road, Columbia, SC 29203
We’ll gather at Columbia Friends Meeting for a simple remembrance of the bombings of Hiroshima and and Nagasaki — a chance to pause,
Where’s the environmental-impact review of restarting the HB-Line at SRS to purify plutonium? Looks like DOE may be violating or on the verge of violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for failure to analyze the impacts of starting up this aging facility.
In an Environmental Shocker, South Carolina Proposes Investigation of Disposal of Highly Radioactive Spent Nuclear Fuel in “Boreholes,” Part of a Submission to DOE for a “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus” –
The South Carolina Department of Commerce has submitted a fanciful proposal to the Department of Energy that the state “host” what DOE calls a “Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus.” This citizen-subsidized “campus”
Plaintiffs Demand Release of Critical Documents and Extension of Public Comment Period on Expanded Plutonium Bomb Core Production
Georgetown, SC — Today the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP) notified the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency,
Call it rate shock! South Carolina residents who are customers of Dominion Energy South Carolina are being hit with an unjust 5.22% of the monthly bill for the terminated nuclear reactor construction project.
Photo: SRS Watch director Tom Clements, speaking at pit-plant news event at South Carolina state house on April 22, 2026
SRS Watch is submitting oral and written comments for the May 5,
Savannah River Site Watch (SRS Watch)
May 4, 2026
For Immediate Release – in PDF format: media advisory for May 5 2026 plutonium PEIS meeting
Contact: Tom Clements,
Thoughts & Observations about South Carolina’s Nuclear Weapons Factory of Doom:
Inside the $30-Billion SRS Plutonium Bomb Factory —
Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch (www.srswatch.org),
On April 10, 2026, DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the impacts of plutonium “pit” – nuclear warhead bomb cores.
Thanks to those of you who submitted comments in DOE notice on “categorical exclusions,” designed to avoid compliance with NEPA for “advanced nuclear reactors” and associated waste management.
Savannah River Site Watch news, October 21, 2025:
Report on Plutonium-Use Plans by Department of Energy and Oklo Inc Pose Unacceptable Nuclear Proliferation Risks; Program to Give Away 19.7 Tons of DOE Plutonium Must be Halted
SRS Watch Report Unleashing Plutonium Proliferation in the U.S.
V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Restart Idea Faces Daunting Challenges, According to New Report by Nuclear Policy Expert who Led Public-Interest Intervention before the S.C. Public Service Commission
Rhetoric of Politicians Blindly Touting Project Restart,
The report of radioactive wasps at the Savannah River Site is a story that still has wings. Buzz! Buzz!
SRS Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for more information about the source of the contamination and SRS is now processing the request: SRO-2025-03439-F Clements first letter wasps August 11 2025
The State newspaper in Columbia,
From Nuclear Watch New Mexico on our video linked below: “Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Tri-Valley CAREs, SRS Watch and the South Carolina Environmental Law Project were asked to provide a video to the Nobel Peace Conference –
PLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS BY JULY 14, 2025ON ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF NEW PLUTONIUM BOMB FACTORIES
Below are some draft comments, with a link to a Word version, to be submitted by July 14 to the US DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to help set the “scope”
Lawsuit Compels Nationwide Public Review of Plutonium Bomb Core Production
AIKEN, S.C. — Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency within the Department of Energy,
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.
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),
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” &
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
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,
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,
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
Savannah River Site Watch
Tri-Valley CAREs
For Immediate Release –
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.
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.
