It’s been a very bruising week in federal court for the debacle known as MOX and now this devastating news about MOX nuts!
We edge ever closer to finding out about the true extent of the “rework” problems at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility…
SRS Watch news – February 9, 2017
NRC Inspection Report Finds Violations at Plutonium Fuel MOX Plant, Cites Multiple Instances Related to Loose Bolts in Safety-Related Ductwork
NRC Overlooks Looming Problems in MOX Plant Construction as “Rework” Problems Pose Challenges,
Inspections Must Expand
Columbia, South Carolina – An inspection of the $17 billion Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has resulted in issuance of a safety-related violation at the facility.
The violation was communicated to CB&I AREVA MOX Services, the contractor in charge of design and constructing the MOX facility, on February 2, 2017 and made public on February 8. In the trend to keep information from the public about the problem-plagued project, neither MOX Services nor the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in charge of the MOX project, publicized the violation.
>>> full SRS Watch “MOX Nuts!” news release, with link to the NRC violation and inspection report — linked here