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Photo: The heart of the MOX boondoggle cover-up: 17ドル billion MOX plant at Savannah River Site (SRS), terminated in 2018
©High Flyer, special to SRS Watch - photo can be used with this credit - photos not posted by DOE at www.srs.gov or www.energy.gov
The U.S . Department of Energy's Efforts to Carry Out the 47ドル.5+ Billion Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project Failed and DOE and Congress Continue Covering Up what Happened with the MOX Debacle at the Savannah River Site - Investigations Needed!
Business at its Ugly Usual with DOE and Congress: There is Still No Accountability to the Tax-Paying Public for the U.S. DOE's Grossly Mismanaged Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project, a Textbook Case of Big Government's Inability to Manage a Costly, Complex Project.
When will Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Congress act to hold those responsible accountable for the failed MOX project? Managers with the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and MOX contractor CB&I Areva MOX Services must be held accountable for bungling the project and wasting our money. Without accountability for the MOX boondoggle the likelihood of a repeat with the proposed SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant looms large.
Investigations into fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement are urgently needed before "repurposing" the partially finished MOX building into an Plutonium Bomb Plant (for production of plutonium "pits" for new nuclear weapons). Cost of the pit "mission" at SRS is now estimated to be from 18ドル-25 billion!
If you have information about problems with the MOX boondoggle and the resulting cover-up or have information useful to the public about the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant project please get in touch: srswatch@gmail.com. DOE must be held accountable for the massive waste of taxpayer money.
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--- working for the public interest by monitoring activities at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina and other DOE and commercial nuclear projects in the southeastern U.S. region and beyond & striving to halt proliferation of weapons-usable materials ---
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New Report by SRS Watch: Restart of Failed Nuclear Reactor Project in S.C. Faces Unreviewed Challenges, August 20, 2025
V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Restart Idea Faces Daunting Challenges, According to New Report by Nuclear Policy Expert who Led Public-Interest Intervention before the S.C. Public Service Commission
Rhetoric of Politicians Blindly Touting Project Restart, like Senator Graham, Rings Hollow Absent Thoughtful Analysis; Customers Paying 5.22% of Monthly Bill for V.C.
Read MoreThe report of radioactive wasps at the Savannah River Site is a story that still has wings. Buzz! Buzz!
SRS Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for more information about the source of the contamination and SRS is now processing the request: SRO-2025-03439-F Clements first letter wasps August 11 2025
The State newspaper in Columbia,
Read MoreFrom Nuclear Watch New Mexico on our video linked below: “Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Tri-Valley CAREs, SRS Watch and the South Carolina Environmental Law Project were asked to provide a video to the Nobel Peace Conference – August 6, 2025 in Oslo, Norway – on how to use the courts to promote activism against nuclear weapons.
Read MorePLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS BY JULY 14, 2025 ON ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF NEW PLUTONIUM BOMB FACTORIES
PLEASE SUBMIT COMMENTS BY JULY 14, 2025ON ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF NEW PLUTONIUM BOMB FACTORIES
Below are some draft comments, with a link to a Word version, to be submitted by July 14 to the US DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to help set the “scope” of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) on plutonium pit production.
Read MoreWorkshop by SRS Watch & other groups – how to comment on the Programmatic EIS on plutonium pit-production at the Savannah River Site & Los Alamos – for new nuclear weapons over the next 50 years – May 22, 6-7:30 p.m. ET
Flyer (image above):
Virtual Workshop:
Nationwide programmatic environmental impact statement on the expanded production
of plutonium "pit" bomb cores
Making Effective Comments at the Upcoming Public Hearings…
Read MoreLawsuit Compels Nationwide Public Review of Plutonium Bomb Core Production
AIKEN, S.C. — Today the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency within the Department of Energy, published a formal Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to complete a nationwide "programmatic environmental impact statement" (PEIS) on the expanded production of plutonium "pit" bomb cores.
Read MoreSRS & Growing Nuclear Weapons Role: Talks April 28 (Aiken, SC) – with linked presentation – and May 10 (Columbia, SC)
You are encouraged to attend one of these talks about the role of Savannah River Site in the nuclear arms race and enter into constructive dialogue about what the public can do to challenge the massive waste of resources on the nuclear buildup and the security and environmental threat it poses.
Read MoreImaginary, Risky Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have No Place in South Carolina Energy Legislation (H 3309)
Reasons the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) sections of the H 3309 energy bill before the South Carolina legislature should be eliminated
Savannah River Site Watch, fact sheet on problems in energy bill with both SMRs and state-funded nuclear industry booster group South Carolina Nuclear Advisory Council (NAC),
Read MoreAnnual Contractor Performance Review Reveals that Proposed DOE Nuclear Weapons Plutonium-Component Facility at Savannah River Site Lacks Master Schedule or Updated Cost Estimate
National Nuclear Security Administration’s FY2024 "Performance Evaluation Report" (PER) for SRS: Plutonium "Pit" Plant Project Management is "Less than Adequate" &
Read MoreFOIA Request to SRS for Documents on “DEIA” Deletion
SRS Watch has filed a FOIA request with DOE’s Savannah River Site for documents related to “DEIA.”
The request of February 3, 2025 is for the following documents:
Any communication, including emails, sent by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) or by management of the Savannah River Site to DOE and contractor employees at SRS concerning compliance with the memorandum entitled "Initial Guidance Regarding DEIS Executive Orders."
Any communication,
Read MoreHistoric Settlement Reached in NEPA Lawsuit Over Plutonium "Pit" Bomb Core Production at SRS, Los Alamos
Historic Settlement Reached in NEPA Lawsuit Over Plutonium "Pit" Bomb Core Production
News release, January 17, 2025
AIKEN, S.C. — Nonprofit public interest groups have reached an historic settlement agreement with the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
Read MoreSRS Watch Celebrates 10 Years of Public-Interest Advocacy for the Environment, Nuclear Nonproliferation
Savannah River Site Watch Celebrates 10 Years of Public-Interest Advocacy for the Environment, Nuclear Nonproliferation
News release linked here: https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/757512140/savannah-river-site-watch-celebrates-10-years-of-public-interest-advocacy-for-the-environment-nuclear-nonproliferation
COLUMBIA, SC, November 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — The public interest group Savannah River Site Watch is proud to celebrate 10 years of non-profit advocacy for sound policies in South Carolina,
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Good Article on SRS Pit Plant & Other Programs at SRS – Savannah newspaper, Oct. 9, 2025
“U.S. Dept. of Energy steps up plutonium pit manufacturing at Savannah River Site”
“The site is part of the nation’s effort of “re-establishing capabilities retired after the Cold War,” the national nuclear stockpile plan stated. And also, provide a home for another data center.”
NNSA photo: pit plant,
Read MoreSign up for Plutonium Pit PEIS Updates, with UCS
“Pledge to Be a Voice for Peace and Science”
– from the Union of Concerned Scientist on the plutonium pit Programmatic EIS (that we won via federal lawsuit) – receive information updates, especially about commenting once the draft PEIS is out in spring 2026:
https://secure.ucs.org/a/2025-pledge-be-voice-peace-science
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is conducting a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the production of plutonium pits,
Read MoreDOE Moves toward Key Waste-Generation Permit for Proposed SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant
Why are they doing this now and not until after the court-mandated Programmatic EIS has been finished? A draft of that document, on all impacts of plutonium pit production at all DOE sites, including waste generation and disposal, could be out in March 2026 or so. Then, the public will need to attend public-comment meetings.
Read MoreBad Idea: 20 Metric Tons of U.S. Plutonium Stockpiled for Fuel for Imaginary, Unlicensed Nuclear Reactors
A bad idea (or is it a scam?!): “White House could tap plutonium reserves for nuclear fuel” – ExchangeMonitor article, August 29, 2025
A repeat of the plutonium fuel (MOX) boondoggle at SRS…?
There are no reactors to use plutonium fuel (they exist only on paper & aren’t licensed), no place to purify the plutonium &
Read MoreHiroshima vigil, 80th anniversary of the bombing, August 6, 2025, Columbia, SC, 6:30 p.m.
Hiroshima vigil on 80th anniversary of the bombing, August 6, 2025, Columbia, SC, 6:30 p.m.
SRS Watch will be there
Read MoreIt’s the Buzz! Radioactive Wasps at SRS Point to Plutonium Pits and High-level Rad Waste
The radioactive wasps are harbingers of bigger problems at SRS: massive amounts of high-level nuclear waste, site contamination, a shift to plutonium pit production (requiring shipment of and the dangerous processing of plutonium) and a DOE facility that just can’t be honest with the public.
CNN TV, August 1, 2025 video that starts with wasps:
https://video.snapstream.net/Play/5nUez3Dp2DgP8eUetmJ7NT?accessToken=ccbbdzhpyuioj
The media has reported that SRS is closed or just in a clean-up phase.
Read MoreHead’s up! A nest of radioactive wasps was recently discovered in one of the high-level waste tank areas at SRS!
Does this indicate a new type of killer wasp is on the loose?
What kind of radioactive waste were they exposed to and where did it come from?
Read MoreExposing the "Conspiracy Reality" of On-Going Planning at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for Full-Scale Nuclear War
Presentation by Tom Clements, Director, Savannah River Site Watch, srswatch@gmail.com
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 10 a.m. ET, Unitarian Universalist church,
Read MoreAs we prepare for a Federal Register notice on environmental meetings on the impact of plutonium pit production at SRS and Los Alamos, this article is very timely.
“DOGE’s staff firing fiasco at the nuclear weapon agency means everything but efficiency”
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, April 16,
Read MorePlutonium Pit Lawsuit: “Grassroots Victory in the Fight against Nuclear Weapons Proliferation”
“Justice Prevails: A Grassroots Victory in the Fight against Nuclear Weapons Proliferation”
By Aspen Coriz-Romero, on National Priorities Project website, March 12, 2025
About our federal lawsuit victory against plutonium “pit” production – cores of nuclear warheads – at Savannah River Site (SRS) and Los Alamos,
Read More“Hot Plutonium Pit Bomb Redux” – Environmental Victory for SRS Watch and Allies Concerning Impact of New Nuclear Weapons Production
“Hot Plutonium Pit Bomb Redux”
CounterPunch, January 31, 2025
Last week U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis Geiger, South Carolina, faulted the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency for ignoring the National Environmental Protection Act and rushing plans to fabricate plutonium pit bombs at Savannah River Site,
Read MoreThe Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), an independent agency that provides oversight of DOE activities, notes more problems at the SRS tritium-handling facilities. SRS process and package all tritium, a radioactive gas produced in the two Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Watts Bar commercial reactors. It would seem that after so many years of operating that problems like this would not keep occurring.
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