“The Department of Energy is signaling to South Carolina authorities that its effort to keep the mixed oxide facility alive could be jeopardizing other opportunities — including the proposed pit mission at Savannah River Site, maybe even its plutonium mission.”
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle, July 12, 2018
But Congress controls what happens on this matter and likely will keep weapons activities at SRS; hopefully Congress will defund MOX construction in Fiscal Year 2019 by accepting the Senate level of $0 for MOX construction. See language on MOX in House and Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees – in Word document linked here.
National Nuclear Security Administration memo, June 29, 2018, text:
“Future of NNSA Mission Activities at the Savannah River Site”
photo: failed MOX project at SRS, April 25, 2018, by High Flyer