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DOE Memo Destroys Non-Proliferation Claim on Need to Import German Spent Fuel

SRSW · September 2, 2014 ·

SRS Watch is headed to Germany to protest the proposed dumping of German commercial spent fuel on the Savannah River Site.  Come join us in Jülich on September 21,

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We Don’t Want a Plutonium Bomb Plant at SRS!

SRSW · September 1, 2014 ·

Why bring up siting a new nuclear bomb plutonium “pit” plant at SRS?  Don’t bother as we don’t want it at SRS!

Several years ago, public interest groups beat back an effort by special interests to locate the Modern Pit Facility (MPF) at SRS. 

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Here in Columbia, South Carolina – aka New Nuclear Ground Zero – we’re overwhelmed with nuclear construction boondoggles, all with dysfunctional project management, massive cost overruns and chronic schedule delays. Starting to see a pattern? Take your pick of photos from the Axis of Boondoggles:

SRSW · August 15, 2014 ·


1. Inept SCE&G’s VC Summer nuclear reactor construction project (now terminated – warnings issued at the start of the project in 2008 by Friends of the Earth were repeatedly ignored) –

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German Parliamentarian: No German Spent Fuel Dumping on SRS

SRSW · August 15, 2014 ·

SRS Watch news – August 15, 2014

Member of German Parliament Calls for Halt to Plans to Export German Spent Fuel to SRS, Supports New Seismically Qualified Storage Facility in Germany; 

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DOE Shatters Non-Proliferation Norms with Production of Nuke Bomb Material in Commercial Reactor

SRSW · August 5, 2014 ·

The Case of Tritium Production for Nuclear Weapons in Commercial Reactors: DOE Violates Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norms and Proves that Nuclear Power = Nuclear Weapons

SRS Watch news –

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SRS Watch Pushes DOE Secretary on MOX, German Spent Fuel Dumping

SRSW · July 28, 2014 ·

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Savannah River Site Watch (SRS Watch) Interacts with Secretary of Energy Moniz at “Meet & Greet” – Question about MOX Boondoggle Posed Directly to Moniz and Opposition to German Spent Fuel Import Expressed in Letter to Him

letter to be delivered in person to Secretary Moniz:  “Place MOX Construction on Cold Standby;

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South Carolina Senator Opposes German Spent Fuel Dumping on SRS

SRSW · July 28, 2014 ·

Below is a July 28 news release from Senator Vincent Sheheen on the plan to dump German spent nuclear fuel at the Savannah River Site. Sheheen is in the South Carolina legislature and is running for governor.

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UK’s THORP Reprocessing Plant a Major Failure

SRSW · July 25, 2014 ·

Here’s news from a sister organization located near the Sellafield nuclear complex in the UK – Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE). 

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German Reactor an Experimental Reactor, Not a Research Reactor

SRSW · July 22, 2014 ·

Bundestag reveals truth on German spent fuel

Despite feeble efforts by DOE and certain special interests and a few in Germany to rebrand the AVR reactor as a “research”

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SRS Citizens Advisory Board: No German Spent Fuel to SRS!

SRSW · July 22, 2014 ·

Savannah River Site Clean-up Panel in 16-0 Vote Renews Position Against Bringing Commercial Spent Fuel<strong  to the Savannah River Site

SRS Citizens Advisory Board  (SRS CAB) Continues to Stay Focused on SRS Clean-Up While DOE Chases German Nuclear Waste

It’s good to report that the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board (SRS CAB),

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German Institute Admits German Spent Fuel not Weapon Grade

SRSW · July 21, 2014 ·

Oooopppsss, the Forschungszentrum  Jülich (FZJ) research center in Germany  has driven a nail into the coffin of the proposal to export commercial nuclear reactor spent fuel to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

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German Port Tapped for Spent Fuel Export is Identified

SRSW · July 15, 2014 ·

The Savannah River Site (SRS) is not a dump for Germany’s high-level nuclear waste (spent fuel)!

The 310-square mile U.S. Department of Energy site is in the state of South Carolina,

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SRS Watch Comments on MOX to SC Nuclear Advisory Council

SRSW · July 10, 2014 ·

Comments by SRS Watch to the South Carolina Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council on July 10, 2014 – click here.

At the meeting in Columbia,

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Rep. Fortenberry Calls Out MOX Debacle – Tha nk you!

SRSW · July 10, 2014 ·

Thank you, Representative Fortenberry for introducing some sanity into the discussion about the MOX boondoggle!

Though he withdrew his amendment to House legislation to fund the Department of Energy,

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German Bundestag Member Opposes Spent Fuel Dumping on SRS

SRSW · July 9, 2014 ·

Statement by Ms. Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Spokesperon on Nuclear Issues in the German Bundestag for the “Bundestagsfraktion BÜNDNIS 90/ DIE GRÜNEN” – July 8,

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Senator Graham Protects Wasteful Spending on MOX Boondoggle – Who is He Serving?

SRSW · July 7, 2014 ·

Senator Graham Continues to Thumb His Nose at Requests for MOX Accountability

Despite requests by SRS Watch  to Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to obtain and release any MOX plant costs estimates from AREVA,

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OINK! TV Ad Skewers MOX Debacle

SRSW · June 25, 2014 ·

TV ad takes a well-deserved jab at the MOX debacle – truer now than when it first ran in June 2013 – thanks to Friends of the Earth

Oink: Stop Sen.

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DOE Sows Confusion Over German Reactors Tied to SRS Dumping Scheme

SRSW · June 25, 2014 ·

As some were sowing confusion at the meeting on June 24 about the AVR reactor and whether it was connected to the electrical grid, SRS Watch has submitted an additional comment for the record of the “environmental assessment”

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Citizens Speak Up Against German Spent Fuel Dumping Scheme

SRSW · June 24, 2014 ·

Meeting on proposal to illegally export German spent commercial fuel to SRS draws public opposition & support from “boosters” who are chasing a big financial payoff from the Germans for the unprecedented import into the US of commercial spent fuel –

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DOE Stumbles as it Presents German Spent Fuel Dumping Scheme

SRSW · June 4, 2014 ·

U.S. DOE Releases Details of Environmental Meeting on June 24 on Import to Savannah River Site of German High-Level Nuclear Waste and Wrongly Claims there would be a Plan for its “Disposition”

Unprecedented Import of Commercial Spent Fuel,

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Massive MOX Cost Overruns to Doom Failed Project

SRSW · June 2, 2014 ·

MOX hoodwinking cracking apart as history of boondoggle slowly revealed

DOE’s failed plutonium fuel (MOX) project: 1999 DOE document reveals a deception of stunning proportions

Don’t be fooled when DOE officials,

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Zombie MOX Project….Stumbles to Termination

SRSW · May 8, 2014 ·

MOX Boondoggle Boosters Suffer Blow in U.S. House Armed Services Committee Over “Zombie” MOX Project  —
Defense Authorization Act Amendment Cuts MOX Budget “Plus Up” of $120 Million

Rep.

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Plutonium Can be Vitrified & Other SRS News

SRSW · May 6, 2014 ·

SRS Watch news of May 6, 2014

Surplus Weapon-Grade Plutonium at Savannah River Site can still be Vitrified in High-level Waste, According to Savannah River National Lab Document Obtained via FOIA Request

DOE Analysis on Plutonium Disposition Incorrect in Stating Not Enough High-Level Waste Remains at Savannah River Site for Immobilization of 34 Metric Tons of Plutonium

Statement on Encouraging Testimony of NNSA Administrator Klotz on Placement of Mismanaged Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project on Standby,

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“Cold War Dixie” Outlines Troubled Founding of Savannah River Plant

SRSW · April 19, 2014 ·

SRS Watch Book Suggestion: Many families were expelled in the early-1950s from the land to create the Savannah River Plant as the madness of preparing for nuclear war reigned supreme.

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MOX Cost Estimates Soar (As Expected) & More SRS News

SRSW · March 8, 2014 ·

News Release on Request of Shaw AREVA MOX Services & AREVA for MOX Life-Cycle Cost Estimate, April 17, 2014 – see letters linked under “library” –

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