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Friends of the Earth were repeatedly ignored) - linked here. DOE's $1. 7 billion plutonium fuel MOX construction project (amongst the walking dead, a zombie project on the way to formal termination) - linked here. Georgia Power's $2. Vogtle project (just across the river from SRS)  - fate unknown but backers seeking federal handouts and bailouts on all sides, revealing that the project would crumble in a free- market situation - linked here.

Some commonalities between the boondoggles are contractors CB& I and Superior Air Handling (HVAC). The role of both companies at the nuclear project merit investigation. Why does CB& I remain at the MOX debacle, via CB& I AREVA MOX Services, when it was kicked off the AP1. January 2. 01. 6? The approach of Senator Lindsey Graham and Representative Joe Wilson to keep MOX on a life- support budget - by throwing $3. CB& I AREVA MOX Services even though no plan exists to save MOX - is about to yield death of the suffering patient.

But they can't yet bring themselves to admit there are no more plutonium shipments from storage in the K- Area to HB- Line for processing. Recall what we said on July 2. SRS Watch news release linked here - this still stands: 2. Nuclear Materials Management Plan for DOE’s Savannah River Site Reveals Plutonium Oxide Production in HB- Line is Halting – Setback for MOX as Main Source of Plutonium “Feedstock” Eliminated. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: Nuclear Material Shipment to H- Canyon and HB- Line Halted. SRS/DOE: Please correct us if shipments from K- Area to HB- Line are continuing. Department of Energy or by CB& I AREVA MOX Services, the contractor that remains at the MOX plant even after bungling its construction.

Construction of the MOX plant began on August 1, 2. DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration. At that time there was misplaced optimism that the plant could be efficiently constructed on a budget and schedule to produce MOX fuel as a way to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium, via irradiation in commercial nuclear power reactors.

But shortly after construction got underway it was clear that something was awry as cost estimates increased and the schedule steadily slipped. Later, it was learned that construction had started long before plant design was sufficiently completed, causing a host of key design changes during construction, which may have been the kiss of death for the facility. SRS Watch news release linked herephoto: MOX plant under construction at Savannah River Site in South Carolina, with Georgia Power's problem- plagued Plant Vogtle (across the Savannah River in Georgia) in the background, May 2. If you have insight into why SRS is stonewalling on our FOIA requests, let us know: srswatch@gmail.

Research reactor spent fuel from Peru to SRS - arrived late June, 2. Senate Senate Energy & Water chairman and ranking member vs $enator . Once again, Graham fails to admit that he has kept the boondoggle going well after it should have been terminated years ago. Graham goes on to make the false claim that MOX = disarmament. A permanent halt of oxide production in the HB- Line would negatively impact start- up preparations of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) if that troubled project were to somehow continue. HB- Line production of plutonium oxide is being reviewed, according to the document.

HB- Line, which sits atop the 6. H- Canyon reprocessing plant, had been tasked with the mission of purifying contaminated plutonium and processing it into an oxide which could then be fabricated into MOX fuel pellets. The plutonium which has been processed in HB- Line came from containers being stored in the K- Area, where about 1. The Nuclear Materials Management Plan FY 2. SRS - linked here - was prepared for the Department of Energy by contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.

The document is dated June 3. The cursory plan serves as a basis for receipt and management of a host of nuclear materials. Also on June 3. 0, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Board reported in a weekly report that “H- Canyon and HB- Line have halted all receipts of nuclear material in order to limit the material at risk.” The halt in shipments is due to the degraded H- Canyon Exhaust Tunnel and its ability to perform its safety role in case of a “design basis earthquake.” The DNFSB stated that the ability of the exhaust tunnel to perform its “safety function is indeterminate” and that the Savannah River National Lab was investigating, with a report “scheduled to be issued in September.”etc.> > > For full news release - see link at top or contact srswatch@gmail.

July 1. 8, 2. 01. Is MOX construction at SRS spiraling the drain? Keep information going to the DOE IG hotline and the Government Accountability Office's Fraud. Net system, to report potential fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. DOE Documents Obtained via FOIA Request Confirm “Mission Need” to Expand “Dilute and Dispose” Method of Plutonium Disposition at Savannah River Site, Replacing MOX - -Dilute and Dispose Faces Hurdles, Including Capacity of WIPP Disposal Site in New Mexico. Columbia, South Carolina – U. S. Department of Energy documents confirm that DOE has officially justified disposition of larger amounts of surplus weapon- grade plutonium via “dilute and dispose,” an alternative to the mismanaged plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Savannah River Site.

The “dilute and dispose” process would package and dispose of the plutonium as waste rather than processing it for use as nuclear reactor fuel. The disposal processes consists of mixing plutonium oxide with “stardust,” a secret inert material, into small containers that are then placed in drums for geologic disposal. The documents, obtained by Savannah River Site Watch in response to a Freedom of Information Act request in November 2. DOE’s step- by- step approach in expanding dilute and dispose operations at SRS and other support sites, while at the same time terminating the unsustainable MOX project. As the dilute and dispose method is in developmental stages, the documents reveal that its full- scale deployment faces challenges.

SRS Watch news release linked here- -- -- July 1. We're hearing turnover amongst workers at the MOX debacle remains high.. Meanwhile, as we await results of an investigation into contractor compliance with DOE regulations, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2. Watch Full The Book Of Henry (2017) 2002. U. S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee - lays out path to termination of the MOX boondoggle at the U.

S. DOE's Savannah River Site, June 2. House Armed Services authorizes only $2. MOX debacle - the termination level of funding requested in President Trump's request to Congress for DOE funding in Fiscal Year 2. Secretary of Energy to terminate the mismanaged MOX mistake: Section 3. Disposition of Weapons- Usable Plutonium.

This section would require the Secretary of Energy to carry outconstruction and project support activities for the Mixed Oxide Fuel. Fabrication Facility with any funds authorized to be appropriatedor otherwise made available for such purposes for fiscal year 2. The Secretary would be allowed to waive this requirement if the. Secretary submits certain matters, notifications, and certificationsto the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the Houseof Representatives. NDAA report linked here- -- -- July 1, 2. MOX Albatross Weighing Heavier and Heavier on Necks of Senator Graham and Representative Wilson. The last quarter of the U.

S. Government's Fiscal Year 2. DOE to start shutting down the bungled plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Though Congress has yet to decide what to do in Fiscal Year 2.