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SRS Watch News
Plutonium Oxide Production in H-Canyon: A Failure
Remember the SRS Watch report from November 2015: “H-Canyon Folly, Plutonium Failure?” (linked here) The Trump Administration budget request for DOE confirms we were correct in our assessment that SRS is falling far short of goals for plutonium oxide production in the aging H-Canyon reprocessing plant
In our report,
MOXy Bits, June 20, 2017
We’ve finally getting somewhere with our Freedom of Information Act request of January 3, 2017 for information about “rework” (of improper work) that has taken place at the MOX project.
SRS Watch news, June 13, 2017: NNSA Implies that SRS is being Analyzed for New Nuclear Weapons Mission: Production of Plutonium “Pits,” the Core of Nuclear Weapons; Reuse of Soon-to-be Mothballed MOX Building Likely a Focus
Comments by NNSA Official at DNFSB Hearing First Indication of Review of Pit Production Capability
Columbia, SC – The Department of Energy has confirmed that it is now conducting a review to determine which DOE sites might be appropriate for location of production of plutonium “pits,” the core of nuclear weapons.
US DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) affirms to SRS Watch that they are analyzing DOE sites for the production of plutonium “pits” (cores, or triggers) for nuclear weapons – June 13, 2017:
“NNSA is performing an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to determine the most efficient and cost effective means of achieving pit manufacturing program goals over the next decade. Several NNSA and DOE sites with the capability of supporting nuclear operations are being considered in the AoA,
SHIM SHAM at MOX?! Rework Problems at the Mismanaged MOX Project Continue and Costs Mount….Will Taxpayers be Stuck with the Rework Bill or Not?
Please contact SRS Watch if you have more information about the MOX Shim Sham or other rework or construction problems at the MOX boondoggle: srswatch@gmail.com
Why aren’t Senator Lindsey Graham and Rep.
Zombie Project at Savannah River Site Looms like a $17-Billion Concrete Tomb
New Aerial Photos of Doomed Plutonium Fuel MOX Project at the DOE’s Savannah River Site Released, Legally Taken on May 26, 2017 – Can be Used with Approval by &
New Aerial Photos Released of Mismanaged, Massively Over-Budget AP1000 Experimental Nuclear Reactor Projects in South Carolina and Georgia, May 26, 2017 – Can be Used with Approval by & Credit to ©High Flyer
South Carolina Electric & Gas’ (SCE&G) VC Summer photos, May 26, 2017, Courtesy of High Flyer © 2017, have been linked by High Flyer on a public Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwkyYyn8X-ySTHlYc0pwWDhCTWs
Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle May 26,
SRS Watch new release on Trump Administration Decision to Terminate the MOX Boondoggle – May 23, 2017
Department of Energy Budget Request Deals Budget-Cutting Blow to Plutonium MOX Project, $270 Million Request for Project “Termination” is $70 Million less than Current Spending Level; Cut would Speed Orderly Termination of Mismanaged MOX Program
Washington,
Fake News at SRS is Destroyed – Super Hyped-Up “Drone Scare of 2016” Goes Bust – SRS Confirms No Drones over SRS “located or confirmed”
Suspicious of the hyped-up drone reports in the summer of 2016, SRS Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request on the matter in November 2016. We still have received no documents.
SCE&G Replaces Cracked Nuclear Reactor Vessel Head during Current Refueling Outage; US NRC Confirms Replacement to SRS Watch
South Carolina Public Service Commission Denies Request for “Emergency Hearing” on Troubled VC Summer Nuclear Reactor Construction Project
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has confirmed is that the “degraded” vessel head at South Carolina Electric &
Why is DOE being so sluggish in responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by SRS Watch? Is this an endemic problem under Secretary Perry’s Department of Energy or is it just us?
Some of the outstanding FOIA requests we have pending with SRS and DOE/NNSA on important programs and matters – list linked here:
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SRS Watch Meets on The Hill on MOX Boondoggle, DOE Clean-up
May 17, 2017: SRS Watch to Join with Sister Organizations to Meet with Congressional and Administration Offices in Washington, DC to Represent the Public Interest in DOE Funding and Policy Matters,
Why the On-going Informational Blackout on the MOX Project at SRS?
Why are DOE/NNSA and CB&I AREVA MOX Services Failing to Answer Basic Questions about the Mismanaged Project’s Viability at the Time the DOE Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 is Supposedly Set to be Released (on May 22 or 23…)?
DOE Oversight Agency Confirms Initial Receipt, Dumping of Canadian Liquid High Level Nuclear Waste at Savannah River Site; DNFSB Reveals Radiation Shielding Problems in Handling Liquid HLW in H-Canyon
DOE’s Failure to Release Information Prompts FOIA Request by SRS Watch
Columbia, SC – Receipt of controversial shipments of highly radioactive liquid waste from Canada has begun arriving at the U.S.
Reflecting Ongoing Plutonium MOX Project Problems, DOE Confirms Legally Required Annual Report on MOX Facility Not Prepared for Congress; Questions on MOX Project Viability Remain Unanswered
Link to FOIA Response Document Confirming no MOX Report: https://tinyurl.com/kfx6hgl
Columbia, SC – Reflecting disarray in the program to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium,
GLOOM over the Boondoggle….no, not an Irish folk song…
Congress Cuts MOX Funding for Fiscal Year 2017, Keeps Project on a Shut-down Track while Funding Alternative Plutonium Disposal Method (Dilute and Dispose) at Savannah River Site
Dreams of MOX boosters to get an Increase in funding not realized –
SRS Watch Releases SRS Nuclear Materials Management Plans for Fiscal Years 2015 & 2016
DOE’s Savannah River Site to Continue Import of Plutonium, Research Reactor Spent Fuel; SRS Watch Appeals for Import Halt and fotr Focus to Remain on Clean-up and Disposition of Hard-to-Manage Materials already at SRS
“Plans” Obtained Under Freedom of Information Act Request by SRS Watch
full news release linked here
“More nuclear shipments to Savannah River Site likely,
Why is the US DOE’s Savannah River Site allowing the “drone scare” of the summer of 2016 to drag on and on without resolution?
If there was a real or potential drone threat to SRS, as implied in repeatedly passing drone overflight news to the media, why won’t SRS officials now discuss it?
SRS Watch sends memo to German Bundestag’s environment committee – for March 8 meeting – against plan to dump German commercial spent fuel at SRS
The memo – linked here – outlines the host of difficult to manage nuclear waste forms that would have to go back to Germany in case a loophole is allowed in Germany’s nuclear waste management legislation for export spent fuel for conditioning,
SRS Watch MOX Boondoggle News – February 28, 2017 – posted at: https://tinyurl.com/jc8tpdd
SRS Watch Releases DOE’s Devastating FY 2016 Assessment of CB&I AREVA MOX Services’ Construction of Troubled Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant at Savannah River Site (SRS) – “Award Fee Determination”
Presentation by SRS Watch at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Washington, DC on February 28, 2017
A PROJECT IN DISARRAY: MOX — Chronic Funding Problems, Construction Challenges and the Project’s Fate
PPT presentation by Savannah River Site Watch,
WARNING: NRC FINDS MOX NUTS LOOSE at SRS!
It’s been a very bruising week in federal court for the debacle known as MOX and now this devastating news about MOX nuts!
We edge ever closer to finding out about the true extent of the “rework”
Proposal for Canadian High-Level Waste to SRS Poses Early Test of President Trump & DOE Secretary Perry: Will it be Business as Usual at DOE or Will Harebrained Dumping-for-Profit Schemes be Halted?
Will the DOE Swamp be Drained or Filled Up with More of Our $$$$$?
Our readers will know that DOE has teamed up with Chalk River Labs in Ontario,
Gazing into our Plutonium Crystal Ball, we predict that MOX Madness Faces a Debilitating Year in 2017
— Congress will initially keep the plutonium fuel MOX project at the shut-down funding level (of $340 million/year);
— Reports will underscore that the $17 billion MOX plant construction at SRS is not viable due to cost challenges and chronic design and construction problems;
SRS Continues Drone Scare Confusion – Why?
On December 19, 2016, SRS released the bonus fee for Centerra-SRS, the private company providing security at SRS, for the period April 1, 2016 – September 30, 2016. But something is very odd with the bonus fee discussion: there is no mention of the SRS “Drone Scare”
Internal DOE Documents Reveal Details of Highly Unusual Canadian Spent Fuel Dropping Incident at Savannah River Site; Squabbling Amongst SRS Officials over Follow-Up Meetings
SRS Official States Delay in Shipment of Liquid High-Level Waste from Canada has DOE Headquarters “In a Lather”
full SRS Watch news release linked here
Documents obtained by SRS Watch on December 13,
UK Nuclear Materials to SRS?
December 10, 2015: Is fuel containing highly enriched uranium (HEU) at the UK’s Dounreay site in Scotland on the way to SRS? (see article linked below)
Why doesn’t the UK deal with its own nuclear materials and send it to the Sellafield nuclear site (as has been the plan by the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority)?!
SRS Watch Releases New Aerial Photos of Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Plant at Savannah River Site
MOX Construction Worker Stand Down on November 17 Due to Safety Incidents? NNSA Won’t Confirm
SRS Watch Files FOIA Request for Documents,
NRC Reviewing Transport of Research Reactor Spent Fuel from Alberta, Canada to SRS; Route from US-Canada Border Approved; More High-Level Nuclear Waste coming in with no Exit Path from SRS
SRS Watch Calls for Halt to Incoming Nuclear Waste Until an Exit Plan is Developed and Implemented
Columbia, SC – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is now reviewing the transport cask planned to be used for shipment of research reactor spent nuclear fuel from the University of Alberta,