DOE Budget Confusion: Vague Plan to Throw Money at Plutonium Pit Production Sets Up the Complicated Project for Failure

SRS Watch in “Proposed budget would almost triple plutonium spending”

Santa Fe New Mexican, February 24, 2020

Tom Clements, executive director of the nonprofit Savannah River Site Watch, said the Energy Department is preparing to throw a huge sum toward pit production at the South Carolina facility, even though it may be incapable of production.

Some congressional leaders are likely to challenge the proposed spending, Clements said, calling the budget outline murky and confusing.

“There’s no clear path forward on how they’re going to pull off expanded pit production,” Clements said. “It doesn’t exist.”

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