Demand for preparation by DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for a legally required Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on pit production is growing
On January 29,
SRS Watch News
Bombs Away at SRS? Not So Fast!
Citizens in South Carolina express opposition to unjustified, costly, dirty production of plutonium “pits” (for nuclear weapons) in the shuttered plutonium fuel (MOX) plant at the DOE’s Savannah River Site –
SRS Watch update, January 25, 2019
Nuclear Weapons Profiteers Beware: This will not stand – $94 billion increases in cost of nuclear weapons over next decade – to $494 billion, a 23% increase since 2017
While DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) keeps digging a hole in avoiding preparing the legally required Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on expanded pit production,
SRS Watch tidbit – January 24, 2019 – “Pit Production Pitfalls”
Good to see that an invitation-only briefing has been scheduled in Congress about problems and obstacles associated with ramped up production of plutonium “pits” (for nuclear weapons).
Expanded pit production at Los Alamos National Lab and/or Savannah River Site (which has never produced pits),
SRS Watch news release on H-Canyon reprocessing plant’s leaking roof, radiation problem
Radioactive Hot Spot Caused by Rainwater Leak into Aging H-Canyon Reprocessing Plant at SRS, Causing Posting of “Contamination Area” on Floor; DOE Admits Previous Leaks but Unable to Stop Rainwater Intrusion that could Contaminate “Clean Parts of the Building” with Radioactive Material
As Problems Mount at H-Canyon: Can the Aging Facility be Operated Safely;
SRS Watch in “Rainwater contamination discovered at SRS processing plant”
SRS Watch in “Rainwater contamination discovered at SRS processing plant” [H-Canyon spent fuel reprocessing plant]
WRDW TV, Augusta, Georgia, January 17, 2019
&
Nevada federal court allows intervention by State of South Carolina in in case involving unnecessary plutonium shipment from SRS to Nevada
On January 17, a hearing is slated to go forward in federal court in Nevada on the unjustified shipment of 1 metric ton of surplus weapon plutonium from SRS to the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site.
RS Watch news release on MOX boondoggle
Federal Appeals Court in Richmond, VA Issues Final Ruling Allowing DOE’s Termination of the Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS; Determines Federal Court in South Carolina Mistaken in Blocking MOX Termination
Expected Ruling Affirms Earlier Temporary Decision,
SRS Watch in “Appeals court issues final ruling allowing DOE’s termination of MOX project”
– see SRS Watch news release of Jan. 8, 2019
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, January 8, 2019
New Aerial Photos of Trifecta of Failed Nuclear Projects Released: DOE’s Terminated Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS, SCE&G’s VC Summer and Georgia Power’s Vogtle Reactor Construction
Photos ©High Flyer of Bungled MOX Project at SRS Reveal Termination Activities Proceeding; At VC Summer, Costly Equipment still Abandoned in Place, Massive Crane still Standing
The Sad Question Begs: Why is South Carolina Home to the Two Largest and Costliest Terminated Nuclear Construction Projects in the United States?
Federal Court Hearing on State of Nevada’s “Preliminary Injunction” Request to Stop Unjustified Shipment of 1 Metric Ton of Plutonium from SRS to Nevada Set for January 17, 2019 in Reno, NV
Federal Judge in Nevada Denies DOE Request to “Stay” the State of Nevada’s Request for the “Preliminary Injunction” (PI) on Plutonium Shipment from SRS to NV, January 2, 2019
State of South Carolina Intervenes in Case,
“State of Nevada request to stop SRS plutonium shipment goes to federal court”
SRS Watch in
“State of Nevada request to stop SRS plutonium shipment goes to federal court”
WXGF TV, FOX 54< Augusta, Georgia, January 7, 2018
SRS Watch in Las Vegas newspaper article on senseless plutonium shipment:
”Hearing set for lawsuit to block shipment of plutonium to Nevada”
Las Vegas, Nevada, Review-Journal, Jan. 7, 2019
SRS Watch in: “Progress report on plutonium removal from SRS filed; reclassification of high-level nuclear waste discussed”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, December 19, 2018
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,