U.S. Confirms to IAEA that 4.5 Metric Tons of Surplus Plutonium have been Disposed of as Waste
Overlooked in Plutonium Disposition Debate: DOE has already Disposed of Large Amount of Surplus Weapons Plutonium as Waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Including from SRS, Hanford and Rocky Flats
SRS Watch Releases Photo of its Director at WIPP, Standing by SRS Plutonium Waste Drums – October 1, 2015 – on right in photo above
Columbia, SC – The United States Government has confirmed that 4.5 metric tons (4500 kilograms) of surplus plutonium have been disposed of as waste. This plutonium, from DOE’s Rocky Flats (now closed), Hanford and the Savannah River Site, was disposed of the in Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, according to DOE.
SRS Watch supports immobilization of plutonium in existing high-level waste at SRS as the best way forward with DOE’s plutonium management crisis.