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; Determination from 2013 Remains – No Proliferation Risk to Leave High-Level Nuclear Waste in Germany
AVR Spent Fuel Managed by Jülicher Entsorgungsgesellschaft für Nuklearanlagen (JEN) Must Remain at Jülich and Not be Shipped to Ahaus or to SRS for Processing and Dumping-for-Profit
Columbia, South Carolina USA – In response to a Freedom of information Act (FOIA) request, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reveals that it stands by a 2013 determination that there is no nuclear non-proliferation reason to import commercial highly radioactive German spent fuel to DOE’s Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina.
In its FOIA response, DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has confirmed that that it has not undertaken a new review of nuclear proliferation risks of leaving the spent nuclear fuel in Germany, thus affirming its 2013 position that there is no proliferation reason to bring the nuclear waste to the Savannah River Site.
In its August 28, 2018 FOIA response, DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration stated: “We contacted the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (NA-20) about your request. NA-20 searched and did not locate records responsive to your request.”