More photos just released of possible ships to be used to transport plutonium from Japan to Charleston, South Carolina and on to SRS, where there is no viable disposal path for the material
Photos of Pacific Egret, Pacific Heron & Oceanic Pintail taken on December 29, 2015: “©Cumbrians Opposes to a Radioactive Environment (CORE), special to SRS Watch” – can be used with credit
SRS Watch will take some credit for forcing DOE to release the final Environmental Assessment on plutonium import/dumping at SRS:
http://energy.gov/nepa/downloads/ea-2024-final-environmental-assessment
EA-2024: Final Environmental Assessment Gap Material Plutonium – Transport, Receipt, and Processing
”The U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, has prepared this environmental assessment to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with transporting up to 900 kilograms of plutonium from foreign nations to the United States, storing the plutonium at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and processing it for disposition. This action would be pursued only if it is determined that there is no other reasonable pathway to assure security of this plutonium from theft or diversion.”
For more information: http://energy.gov/node/1494096
EA-2024: Final Environmental Assessment
http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/12/f27/EA-2024-FEA-2015.pdf