DOE’s AI imagination goes off the rails: You may have seen that entities outside of South Carolina and apparently in DOE’s HQ, without consulting the public, made the following announcement on July 20,
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“Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM,” The State, August 14, 2026 – The “report” is no endorsement of a rush to new pit production
“Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM”
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, by Sammy Fretwell, August 14, 2026
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article316871213.html
[Note: The reporter failed to discern between the 2019 JASON recommendation to “manufacture”
“Unleashing Plutonium Proliferation” Report Released by SRS Watch – on DOE’s Dangerous Effort to Introduce Weapons Plutonium into the Civilian Fuel Cycle, October 31, 2025
Savannah River Site Watch news, October 21, 2025:
Report on Plutonium-Use Plans by Department of Energy and Oklo Inc Pose Unacceptable Nuclear Proliferation Risks; Program to Give Away 19.7 Tons of DOE Plutonium Must be Halted
SRS Watch Report Unleashing Plutonium Proliferation in the U.S.