Haley Urges DOE Over MOX Plutonium at SRS Shipments
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley presses DOE in a letter to Ernest Moniz citing a 2003 MOX agreement. The state sued for missed deadline at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility and notes a shipment of up to 331 kilograms of defense usable plutonium from Japan to SRS underway amid the lawsuit.
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Plutonium to be shipped to Savannah River Site from Japan
The article notes 331 kilograms of defense usable plutonium from Japan to the Savannah River Site as part of a push tied to President Obama's 2017 budget plan to remove all HEU and plutonium from Japan before the Nuclear Security Summit. It references a 2014 plan to remove 1,431 kilograms more by 2022 and cites SRS as a storage option drawing both criticism and support.
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Haley
Barack Obama
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U.S
SRS
Tom Clements
SRS Watch
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Clements
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U.K
Savannah River
U.S. Department of Energy
AECOM
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Nuclear and Environment Group
DOE
Foster’s Career Highlights Include SRS and Sellafield Roles
The article profiles Tom Foster a longtime SRS official who led four Tritium Facilities operations and a 506 million facility project. It notes prior roles at Sellafield UK directing a 900 million decommissioning portfolio and high activity waste programs, plus DOE Hanford waste retrieval leadership. Gardiner reports for the Aiken Standard.
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AECOM
Foster
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U.K
DOE
Hanford
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