SRS Watch releases report on failure of SRS to meet production goals for plutonium oxide for MOX project – November 12, 2015
“H-Canyon Folly, Plutonium Failure”
Report documents that “H-Canyon/HB-Line at Savannah River Site Dramatically Fails to Meet Production Goals for Purified Plutonium Oxide “Feedstock” for the Mismanaged Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Program
Given Likelihood of MOX Termination No Need to Continue Questionable and Potentially Risky Mission to Produce Purified Plutonium for MOX Fuel Fabrication in Aging SRS Facilities
Note: Only 9.6 kilograms of Uneeded Plutonium Oxide have been Produced in HB-Line in 15 Months of Operation, only 0.3% of the Goal of 3.7 Metric Tons!
SRS Watch news release linked here
Photos of H-Canyon/HB-Line by High Flyer at:
https://www.srswatch.org/uploads/2/7/5/8/27584045/6893258.jpg
https://www.srswatch.org/uploads/2/7/5/8/27584045/9307925.jpg
Question of the month: Given technical and personnel problems and no need by the bungled MOX project for any plutonium oxide that might be produced, should the HB-Line be shuttered?