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Published on February 18, 2025 - 15:39 GMT

Lacking Construction Schedule, Problems Face DOE's Nuclear Weapons Plutonium-Component Facility at Savannah River Site

National Nuclear Security Administration’s FY24 “Performance Evaluation Report” for SRS Plutonium “Pit” Plant Says Project Management is “Less than Adequate” COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, February 18, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Construction of a massive …

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Published on January 17, 2025 - 22:27 GMT

Historic Settlement Reached in NEPA Lawsuit Over Plutonium 'Pit' Bomb Core Production

Court-directed Agreement Legally Obligates DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to Prepare "Programmatic EIS" that it Attempted to Avoid COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, January 17, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Nonprofit public …

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Published on November 4, 2024 - 19:45 GMT

Savannah River Site Watch Celebrates 10 Years of Public-Interest Advocacy for the Environment, Nuclear Nonproliferation

SRS Watch Papers and Memorabilia of a Successful Decade of Work and those of Director Tom Clements since the 1970s Archived at University of Georgia in Athens COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, November 4, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The public interest group …

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Published on November 1, 2024 - 18:47 GMT

Westinghouse Official to be Sentenced on November 20 for Role in South Carolina Nuclear Reactor Construction Debacle

Deception by Admitted Westinghouse Felon Concerning Construction of Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Reactors at the V.C. Summer Site Resulted in Project Termination COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, November 1, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- After various delays, …

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Published on October 3, 2024 - 14:12 GMT

Court Rules U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plutonium Pit Production Plan Violates Federal Law

Favorable ruling by the court in South Carolina means that DOE must prepare a comprehensive environmental review of pit production impacts at all DOE sites COLUMBIA, SC, UNITED STATES, October 3, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On September 30, United States …

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Published on April 17, 2024 - 13:14 GMT

NNSA Delays Urgent Plutonium “Pit” Aging Research but Spends Tens of Billions on Nuclear Weapons Bomb Core Production

Heavily Redacted Report to Congress, Obtained via Tardy FOIA Response by DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration, Confirms Plutonium Aging Research Delay COLUMBIA, SC, US, April 17, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Nearly three years after filing a …

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Published on March 26, 2024 - 16:55 GMT

South Carolina Nuclear Bailout: Legislation Backs Speculative, Ill-advised Nuclear Projects following VC Summer Debacle

Legislation Promotes Spent Fuel Reprocessing; Dominion Energy Electricity Bill Includes Hidden Charge of 5.6% for Failed Nuclear Reactor Construction Project COLUMBIA, SC, US, March 26, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The sweeping energy legislation now …

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Published on March 14, 2024 - 11:00 GMT

DOE Admits Design Problems with Controversial New Plutonium Bomb Plant at Savannah River Site, Cost Soars to $25 Billion

Anticipated DOE Funding Requests for SRS Plutonium Pit Plant, Key to New Nuclear Warheads, to Hit $9 Billion Over the Next 5 Years COLUMBIA, SC, US, March 14, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- On the heels of releasing information that the design of proposed …

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Published on February 27, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Paves Way for Increase in Production in Commercial Reactors of Tritium for Nuclear Weapons

Expansion of Tritium Gas Production for DOE in TVA's Commercial Nuclear Reactors Undermines Nuclear Non-Proliferation Norms, Keeps U.S. on Nuclear War Footing COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, US, February 27, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The U.S. Nuclear …

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Published on October 24, 2023 - 13:04 GMT

DOE’s Office of Hearings and Appeals Compels Savannah River Site to Release Emails on Failed Effort to Import Spent Fuel

Documents Reveal Frantic Interactions in Misguided Attempt to Import Highly Radioactive Waste from Germany to SRS in South Carolina, for Processing and Dumping COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, US, October 24, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Internal U.S. Department …

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Published on April 19, 2023 - 16:22 GMT

German Government Supports Termination of Plan to Ship Highly Radioactive Spent Fuel to US DOE’s Savannah River Site

Decade-long Effort Funded by Germany to Develop Reprocessing Technique at SRS for Irradiated Graphite Fuel has Ended, Thus No Dumping of German Waste at SRS COLUMBIA, SC, USA, April 19, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Documents obtained from Germany make it …

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Published on March 7, 2023 - 10:46 GMT

SCANA Official in Charge of Construction of Failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Project to be Sentenced in Federal Court

Sentencing on March 8 in federal court in Columbia, SC of admitted felon in conspiracy to construct the reactors, faces 5 years in prison but asks for 15 months COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA, March 7, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A lead conspirator in the …

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Published on February 14, 2023 - 14:58 GMT

District Court Denies Department of Energy’s Motion to Dismiss Plutonium Pits Suit

Federal Court makes Initial Ruling in Favor of Public Interest Groups in Lawsuit Against Plan by DOE to Produce Plutonium "Triggers" for New Nuclear Warheads COLUMBIA, SC, US, February 14, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- MEDIA CONTACTS: Leslie …

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Published on January 25, 2023 - 13:33 GMT

Cost Estimate for Plutonium Pit Project at Savannah River Site Hits $16.5 Billion, $5 Billion above Current Estimate

Public Interest Group Obtains and Releases DOE Assessment of the SRS Plutonium Processing Facility, to make Plutonium Pits for Provocative New Nuclear Warheads COLUMBIA, SC, US, January 25, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A key U.S. Department of Energy …

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Published on January 10, 2023 - 14:32 GMT

U.S. DOE Plans to Export German Spent Nuclear Fuel to the Savannah River Site (SRS) for Processing have been Terminated

Unsuccessful Effort to Illegally Export Spent Fuel from Germany to SRS Ends in Environmental Victory, Positive Nuclear Nonproliferation Result COLUMBIA, SC, US, January 10, 2023 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A decade-long effort to export a large volume of …

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Published on October 27, 2022 - 13:51 GMT

Department of Energy Official Reveals More Delays in Plans for New Plutonium Pit Facility at DOE's Savannah River Site

SRS Pit Plant would Fabricate Plutonium Pits (Cores) for New and Old Nuclear Weapons; Schedule Delays, Cost Increases Mounting, with Cost Nearing $12 Billion COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, US, October 27, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A facility proposed to …

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Published on November 19, 2021 - 13:46 GMT

Report Details Secretive Nuclear Weapons-Related Work at Westinghouse Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant in Columbia, SC

"Crossing the Line: South Carolina Nuclear Weapons Secrets Exposed" Unmasks Use of a Commercial-Military “Dual-Use Facility” for Nuclear Weapons-Related Work COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA, November 19, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A commercial …

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Published on October 26, 2021 - 14:03 GMT

Groups Fire Back at Feds’ Move to Dismiss Plutonium Pit Lawsuit

Federal agencies continue to reject a full review of the public safety and environmental risks of producing nuclear bomb cores at multiple DOE sites. AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA, October 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Public interest groups shot back at …

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Published on October 4, 2021 - 22:06 GMT

CEO Responsible for S. Carolina Nuclear Reactor Debacle to be Sentenced Oct. 7; Faces $5 Million Fine, 24 Months Jail

Lawyers for former SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh file "Sentencing Memorandum" on Oct. 4; Judge must increase fine beyond $5 million, especially given lack of an apology COLUMBIA, SC, US, October 4, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The former CEO of the …

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Published on June 25, 2021 - 10:00 GMT

Advocacy Groups to Announce Legal Action Against DOE's Plans for New Plutonium Bomb Factories at Los Alamos and SRS

Public interest groups near DOE nuclear weapons sites in SC, NM and CA represented by South Carolina Environmental Law Project in opposition to plutonium "pits" COLUMBIA, SC, USA, June 25, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- WHAT: Public interest …

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