Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, December 19, 2018
SRS Watch News
DOE Files “Second Progress Report” with Federal District Court on Unjustified Removal of 1 Metric Ton of Plutonium from Savannah River Site – to Nevada or Texas
DOE Confirms Obstacles and Problems with Shipment, Including Increased Radiation Exposure to Workers & State of Nevada Legal Challenge
Columbia, South Carolina – The U.S. Department of Energy has filed with the federal district court in Columbia,
A big thanks to the Artistic Resources in Action Foundation for a donation to support the work of SRS Watch.
The donation from the Aria Foundation was, in part, due to our tabling at the Green Highways concert tour of musicians Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor in the summer of 2018.
MOX Services Takes Step to Make Revival of Terminated MOX Project Irreversible –
Wants US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Terminate “Construction Authorization” (License) for the Failed MOX Project; SRS Watch Continues to Call for Investigations and Congressional Hearings into Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement at MOX Boondoggle
Columbia,
BOMBS AWAY?! Uh, not so fast – we do not want a new “mission” at SRS that leads to more plutonium waste and needless preparation for nuclear war….
An overview of an analysis about making plutonium “pits” for nuclear weapons includes the bungled MOX plant at SRS. The South Carolina public will not trade one nuclear debacle –
No PEIS? No Pits!
SRS Watch, Nuclear Watch New Mexico (Los Alamos National Lab), Tri-Valley Cares (Lawrence Livermore National Lab, CA) news release, October 31, 2018
Watchdog Groups Claim Nuclear Agency is Moving Forward to Manufacture New Plutonium Bomb Cores in Violation of National Environmental Law and Public Review –
Stunning MOX Termination News!
SRS Watch news release on MOX termination letter we obtained – October 12, 2018 – news release linked here
DOE Notifies MOX Services that Contract to Construct Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant is Terminated;
MOX DOOM and GLOOM – Court Allows Boondoggle to be Terminated Once and for All!
Big-spending MOX boosters like Senator Lindsey Graham and Rep. Joe Wilson have run out of road – THE MOX SCAM is OVER!
SRS Watch news on court ruling,
SRS Watch news – September 28, 2018 – Very Bad News for MOX Booster$
Federal Appellate Panel Hears MOX Termination Case; Indications are that Last-Ditch Plea by the State of South Carolina to Force DOE to Continue the Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Construction Project at SRS Will be Rejected
As New Fiscal Year Approaches,
In FOIA Response, US Department of Energy Confirms No New Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assessment Regarding Status of German AVR and THTR Commercial Spent Fuel
SRS Watch news, September 20, 2018 – news release linked here
In FOIA Response, US Department of Energy Confirms No New Nuclear Non-Proliferation Assessment Regarding Status of German AVR and THTR Commercial Spent Fuel;
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) – including member group SRS Watch – take action to protect the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), important independent oversight body for DOE sites
On the eve of an important public hearing by the independent DOE oversight panel – Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB),
More Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests Filed by SRS Watch – Update
As DOE and Other Federal Agencies Staunchly Refuse to Create an On-Line Library and Post Documents Key to Public Understanding of Publicly Funded Operations, We Have to Use FOIA and Other Methods to Find Out What They are Up To!
MOX Chaos at SRS Deepens – Qualified Workers Jumping Ship at Unprecedented Pace
MOX Workers: Keep Jumping Ship as this Situation Won’t last much Longer
As the debate over funding for the MOX debacle continues in Congress – all committees agree to a track to final &
Aging H-Canyon Reprocessing Plant at SRS Hits 63-years Old, Still being Pushed to Operate Despite Diminished State
SRS Watch news, August 21, 2018: SRS report provided to SRS Watch via a Freedom of Information Act request reveals decayed state of H-Canyon reprocessing plant radioactive gas exhaust tunnel
Given operational problems and aging of the facility,
House-Senate Conference Committee on Defense Bill Authorizes Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Termination by Secretary of Energy
Columbia, SC – The House and Senate have agreed to language in the defense bill which would allow termination of the problem-plagued MOX project now under increasing duress at the DOE’s Savannah River Site.
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) releases key document to SRS Watch on plutonium “pit” (core) production at Savannah River Site and Los Alamos – for unneeded nuclear weapons – via a July 3, 2018 response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
Final Report for the Plutonium Pit Production Analysis of Alternatives,
October 2017, linked here
FOIA response cover letter to SRS Watch, July 3, 2018, linked here
Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Allowing Construction of Bungled Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS to Continue for Now, halting Formal Termination
Judge Fails to Understand that the Failed MOX Project will Not Result in Plutonium Removal from South Carolina, with link to key documents – SRS Watch news here
June 18,
Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Allowing Construction of Bungled Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS to Continue for Now, halting Formal Termination; Judge Fails to Understand that the Failed MOX Project will Not Result in Plutonium Removal from South Carolina
SRS Watch News Flash
Ruling Throws Spanner into NNSA’s Effort to Convert MOX to an Unneeded Nuclear Bomb Facility (to Make Plutonium “Pits” For Nuclear Weapons)
With Court Ruling,
Nuclear Watch of New Mexico & SRS Watch
Nuclear Watch of New Mexico & SRS Watch news release, May 31, 2018:
Groups Release Key DOE Documents on Expanded Plutonium Pit Production,
Termination of the plutonium fuel (MOX) fiasco (now Ex-MOX) is being implemented & partial stop-work order at MOX construction site is in effect!
Will a permanent stop work order be issued by August 13 – 90 days after the May 14 “partial stop work order” – to halt all construction on the the failed MOX project?
Thanks to the Guacamole Fund for arranging tabling by SRS Watch at the James Taylor concert in Charleston, South Carolina on May 15, 2018!
It was good to interact with the public about the failed SCE&G nuclear reactor construction project, the plutonium fuel (MOX) debacle at the Savannah River Site & the sketchy plans by DOE to build a new nuclear bomb plants at SRS (for production of “pits”
Picture The COUNTDOWN has begun for the release of DOE’s Pit Analysis Report, due to Congress on May 11, 2018
The analysis of DOE facilities to manufacture the plutonium cores (pits) for nuclear weapons is due to Congress in less than a month. That report will, in part, analyze DOE sites for location of a facility to produce about 50 pits per year.
NUCLEAR WAR ALERT! SRS to HAVE MAJOR ROLE in NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE MADNESS?
DOE aims to trade MOX debacle for nuclear weapons production
SRS Watch news release, May 10, 2018 – linked here
Initial DOE Decision Expected on New Nuclear Bomb Plant;
You’ve waited a decade for MOX TERMINATION. Keep calm – it will soon happen!
May 9, 2018 alert: DOE’s 2nd COUNTDOWN relevant to SRS is about to begin – delivery to Congress of the costs analysis of MOX vs. “dilute & dispose” for disposition of surplus weapons plutonium.
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) reaffirms no plans to receive North Korean plutonium or highly enriched uranium (bomb-grade uranium) at SRS or DOE sites
Freedom of Information Act response, April 24, 2018, to SRS Watch – citing no documents found by NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20) – linked here
SRS Watch news release of March 15,
As Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project-Termination Countdown Begins, More Problems with Project Revealed by DOE via FOIA Responses to Savannah River Site Watch
DOE Confirms Award Fee for MOX Services has been Terminated Starting with FY 2017; Annual Report on MOX Plant Not Delivered to Congress by February 15, as Legally Required,
In letter to SRS Watch, the new DOE site clean-up boss, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Anne Marie White, acknowledges the importance of hearing the views of the “local communities surrounding SRS”, congratulates SRS Watch for our work and looks forward to working together.
See April 26, 2018 letter to SRS Watch linked here.
DOE news release of March 30, 2018:
Anne Marie White Sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
Attention MOX workers, April 12, 2018
Please let us know what expectations you have as the MOX project enters the termination phase. As we don’t hear a single politician or DOE manager speaking up for you,
Radioactive Mouse Found in High-Level Radioactive Waste Tank Area at Savannah River Site; Mouse Reported to have Radioactive Surface Contamination More than 10 Times Levels in Regulations
Radioactive Mouse Incident Rises to Level of being only “Occurrence” Reported in SRS “Quarterly Legacy Contamination Report, January 2018 Through March 2018”
Columbia, South Carolina – A mouse contaminated with a high level of radioactive material was found in a building located in the midst of tanks storing highly radioactive waste at the Savannah River Site,
NRC Confirms that it No Longer has Resident Inspector at Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant, Claiming Lack of Work; Admission Comes as Pro-MOX Senator States MOX Completion Far Below Earlier Claims
Memo on Needed “Rework” at MOX Plant Obtained via FOIA Request, Gives Hint at Extent of Construction Problems and Who Might Pay – Rework and Contractor Performance Merit Investigation
Columbia,