DOE to Dispose of 6 Metric Tons of Plutonium at SRS as Waste, Decision Damages MOX Option

SRSW · December 23, 2015 ·

SRS Watch news release, December 23, 2015 — Federal Register notice of December 24, 2015 linked here

DOE Deals Blow to Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Program at Savannah River Site (SRS) by Choosing to Dispose of 6 Metric Tons of Plutonium at SRS as Waste, But Decision Faces Problems

December 24 Federal Register Notice on “Preferred Alternative” Linked Here

Columbia, South Carolina – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is poised to issue an initial decision to dispose of 6 metric tons of weapon-grade plutonium now stored at the Savanah River site in South Carolina as nuclear waste, according to a preliminary Federal Register notice by DOE.

full SRS Watch news release linked here

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Federal Register notice, December 24, 2015:

Preferred Alternative for Certain
Quantities of Plutonium Evaluated in
the Final Surplus Plutonium
Disposition Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement

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