Looks like DOE/NNSA is well on its way to mismanage any plutonium “pit” project at SRS & maximize costs and schedule delays. If anyone gets the report, which may be marked “Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information” (UCNI) – a marking to slow the public in obtaining it – please pass it on: srswatch@gmail.com
“Study on plutonium pit mission delivered to Congress”
[Use of the word “mission” denotes tthe sanctity of the project to contractors seeking high profits off the backs of taxpayers, enabled by their DOE minions. Amen! $$$$$]
DOE news statement – APRIL 17, 2019 – linked here
“RECOGNIZES THE INHERENT CHALLENGES IN MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION AND NOTES THAT THE CURRENT APPROACH IS ACHIEVABLE GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME, RESOURCES, AND MANAGEMENT FOCUS”
WASHINGTON – A study of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) recommended alternative to revitalize the United States’ plutonium pit production capabilities was delivered April 16 to Congress by the Department of Defense (DoD).
The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act required the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the NNSA Administrator, to contract a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) to conduct an assessment of NNSA’s two-pronged approach to achieve DoD’s requirement for producing no fewer than 80 plutonium pits per year by 2030.
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>>> NOTE: Pit production at SRS is a done deal right? Nope!!! It’s not authorized or funded by Congress and DOE refuses to prepare the legally mandated Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on the scheme. DOE keeps shoveling out propaganda about expanding pit production but it’s only their opinion. And, the public has yet to speak about this.