On January 17, a hearing is slated to go forward in federal court in Nevada on the unjustified shipment of 1 metric ton of surplus weapon plutonium from SRS to the Device Assembly Facility (DAF) at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site. We support the State of Nevada’s position against the shipment. The State of South Carolina sought the removal of the plutonium as a way to force continuation of the plutonium fuel (MOX) boondoggle at SRS but now that MOX is dead the shipment should be a moot issue and should be canceled.
Two of the most recent filings in the matter are linked below.
On January 14, 2019, the Nevada court granted the intervention in the proceeding by the State of South Carolina – court ruling linked here
Also on January 14, 2019, the State of South Carolina requested a change of venue to the federal court in South Carolina, which ordered the risky shipment of plutonium from SRS to Nevada to take place – filing linked here
DOE photo: Device Assembly Facility (DAF) in Nevada