SRS Watch

"Exposing the 'Conspiracy Reality' of Planning at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for Full-Scale Nuclear War" - focus on plutonium pit production for new warheads - by Savannah River Site Watch, Saturday, May 10, 2025, 10 a.m. ET, Unitarian church, 2701 Heyward St, Columbia, SC

"JIMMY CARTER: Nuke Watchdog Commemorations," by Beyond Nuclear, January 2, 2025: beyondnuclear.org/jimmy-carter-1… - "Given his very extensive involvement in key nuclear issues, president Jimmy Carter’s death, at age 100, on December 29, 2024, elicited response from nuclear watchdogs."

Thank you, Jimmy Carter, for your monumental environmental and non-proliferation decision in 1977 - to halt reprocessing of commercial spent fuel!  South Carolina and the nation owe you a debt of gratitude. SRS Watch comment: srswatch.org/thanks-to-jimm…

Vote by Jan. 13, 2025 for SRS Watch and allied groups for Arms Control Person(s) of the Year 2024 - for opposition to US DOE's plans for new nuclear bomb factories at Savannah River Site & Los Alamos while ignoring nation's main environmental law (NEPA): 2nyhxxrt.paperform.co

US DOE’s Office of Hearings and Appeals Compels Savannah River Site (SRS) to Release Emails on Failed Effort to Import Highly Radioactive Spent Fuel from Germany - news: einpresswire.com/article/663819…

Was massive legal fee in case of storage of plutonium at SRS lawful? "Dispute over $75M in legal fees SC attorney general paid to law firms now in judge’s hands" - The State, Columbia, SC, Oct. 12, 2023 thestate.com/news/local/cri…

Storm clouds on the SRS nuclear bomb factory horizon: "Are They Already Cutting Corners on Worker Protection at DOE’s New Plutonium Processing Plant?" counterpunch.org/2023/09/11/are… @NNSANews @NNSAHruby @SRNLab

South Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club action alert, July 2023: Call to Action to Oppose Plutonium “Pit” Production (for new nuclear warheads)  -- Clean-up not build-up at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina! sierraclub.org/south-carolina

SRS Watch Files Appeal to Inadequate SRS Response to FOIA Request for Documents on the Now-Terminated Scheme to Dump Highly Radioactive German Spent Fuel at SRS, see post, with links to documents on SRS Watch website: srswatch.org/srs-watch-file…

While investigative journalism is dead concerning SRS, good it still lives in New Mexico: "Safety lapses at Los Alamos National Laboratory - A history of flooding, earthquake and little fires in the belly of the beast" Searchlight New Mexico, July 13, 2023 searchlightnm.org/safety-lapses-…

"DOE Belatedly Admits it Stiffed Congress on Plan for Versatile Test Reactor (VTR)" - SRS was a possible site for plutonium fuel fabrication, which would create a lot of plutonium waste (TRU). SRS Watch on DOE FOIA response: srswatch.org/doe-belatedly-… @INL @ANS_org @theNASciences

Members of our grassroots network of public-interest groups near DOE sites - Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA), of which SRS Watch is a member - met w/ Office of Environmental Management (EM) on April 25 to voice concern about site clean-up issues. #link_3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOE…

There is no "need" for a nuclear bomb factory (to make plutonium cores for new nuclear weapons) at SRS: "Dealing with a debacle: A better plan for US plutonium pit production" Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, April 27, 2023 thebulletin.org/2023/04/dealin…

Plan to export highly radioactive German spent fuel from Juelich to DOE's Savannah River Site finally over as Germans halt project. SRS Watch news: einnews.com/pr_news/628857… @SRSNews @NNSANews @NNSAHruby @SRNLab @fz_juelich @BMBF_Bund @EMcleanup @greenpeace_de @GermanyDiplo

Alarming funding proposed by Biden to fuel nuclear arms race: "Biden Releases Record NNSA Nuclear Weapons Budget," March 13 - by Nuclear Watch New Mexico (sister group of SRS Watch, in the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability): nukewatch.org/press-release-… @alexbward @WilliamJBroad

Will this plutonium waste & contaminated equipment again be dumped into unlined trenches at SRS? "Spain renews call for US to remove soil from nuclear accident site - Contaminated earth..result of 1966 air crash involving a B-52 loaded with hydrogen bombs" theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…

SCANA Official in Charge of Construction of Failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Project in South Carolina to be Sentenced in Federal Court on March 8, 2023: srswatch.org/scana-official… -- @AaronL_Power, @POWERmagazine, @Sierra_Magazine, @Roger_Conrad, @GavinBade, @SebastienMalo, @sue_sturgis

SCANA Official in Charge of Construction of Failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Project to be Sentenced in Federal Court on March 8; Admitted Felon Faces 5-Years in Prison but Asks for 15-Month Sentence; Ratepayers still Paying for Mismanaged Project - srswatch.org/scana-official… @fitsnews

SCANA Official in Charge of Construction of Failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Project in South Carolina to be Sentenced in Federal Court on March 8, 2023: srswatch.org/scana-official…

SRS Watch to again visit the Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area & Ecological Reserve, located on SRS & infrequently open. We'll also visit the nearby Audubon Silver Bluff Sanctuary. No SRS accidents on our visit! Site URLs: srswatch.org/crackerneck-wi… @SRSNews @NNSAHruby @NNSAnews