Federal Appeals Court in Richmond, VA Issues Final Ruling Allowing DOE’s Termination of the Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project at SRS; Determines Federal Court in South Carolina Mistaken in Blocking MOX Termination
Expected Ruling Affirms Earlier Temporary Decision, Necessary Step in Final Death of MOX Debacle
Columbia, SC – A federal appeals court in Virginia has issued a final, strongly worded ruling affirming the U.S. Department of Energy’s termination of the bungled plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Savannah River site in South Carolina.
The long-awaited ruling, dated January 8, 2019, determines that a judge in the district court in Columbia, SC was incorrect in her June 7, 2018 ruling that blocked DOE’s efforts that had begun termination of the MOX boondoggle. The unanimous, strongly worded ruling by a 3-judge panel states that “we vacate the preliminary injunction imposed by the district court and remand the case for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.”
“We welcome the ruling of the court, which affirms DOE’s on-going termination of the MOX boondoggle,” said Tom Clements, director of Savannah River Site Watch. “MOX termination has now passed the point of no return and attention must now be focused on determining if any fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement occurred by DOE managers or design and construction contractors such as Orano CB&I MOX Services,” added Clements.
full SRS Watch news release of January 9, 2019 linked here
Photo: Scene of the MOX crime – possible fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement – December 16, 2018, ©High Flyer; more photos of trifecta of nuclear debacles in South Carolina & Georgia – MOX, failed VC Summer nuclear reactor construction & bungled Vogtle reactor construction + leaking Westinghouse nuclear fuel plant (Columbia, South Carolina) – linked via SRS Watch news release of January 4, 2019