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, 2018: DOE’s NNSA Files Appeal of “Preliminary Injunction” Halting MOX Construction, Also Files Request for “Stay” of Preliminary Injunction – Appeal was Denied; NNSA Appeals to 4th Circuit Court of Appeal, Hearing Set for Late September 2018
Columbia, SC – The U.S. Department of Energy has filed an appeal of the order by a federal district court halting temporary termination of the bungled plutonium fuel (MOX) project at SRS. On June 7, the court issued a “preliminary injunction” halting MOX termination and an appeal of that ruling had been expected.
The appeal was filed on June 15 with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. DOE notified the federal district court in Columbia, SC of the filing.
Likewise, on June 15, DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration also filed a “MOTION TO STAY PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL” with the district court. The stay motion rebuts various findings by the district court judge, J. Michelle Childs, and reveals that NNSA will mount a strong defense of its effort to terminate the mismanaged MOX project.
Full SRS Watch news release posted here, with links to court filings