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Image from LANL's National Security Science, Nov 2012.
Reports & documents
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Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program, Apr 17, 2024
• Santa Fe County's Comments on NNSA's Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Draft EIS, Jan 10, 2023
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Pre-Conceptual Update for the Expansion of Oxide Production at LANL, LA-CP-21-20532, Jun 23, 2021 (LASG obtained by FOIA)
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Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Environmental Impact Statement (SPDP-EIS) LASG comments, Feb 18, 2021
• GAO: Surplus Plutonium Disposition - NNSA's Long-Term Plutonium Oxide Production Plans Are Uncertain, Oct 2019
• Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report, National Academies of Science, Nov 2018
• MOX contract, notice of termination, Oct 10, 2018
• Heller Pushes Back with Strong Opposition to the Energy Department’s Proposal to Store Plutonium at the Nevada National Security Site, Sep 6, 2018
• Letter from Senator Heller to DOE Sec. Perry, Sep 6, 2018
• Supplement Analysis for the Removal of One Metric Ton of Plutonium from the State of South Carolina to Nevada, Texas, and New Mexico, Jul 2018
• NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, memo, Future of NNSA activities at the Savannah River Site, Jun 29, 2018
• NAS- DOE-EM, WIPP Capacity, Shrader, Jun 26, 2018
• DOE/NNSA progress report in civil action 1:16-cv-00391-JMC, State of SC v. United States, et.al., Jun 13, 2018
• NAS-DOE/NNSA, Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program, Jun 2018
• NAS-DOE/NNSA, Surplus Plutonium Disposition - Quantities & Production Rates, Jun 2018
• SC Attorney General Alan Wilson's letter to DOE Secretary Rick Perry, notice of intent to file litigation re: MOX, May 22, 2018
• Letter from NNSA Procurement to CB&I AREVA MOX Services, LLC, partial stop work order, May 14, 2018
• Letter from DOE Secretary Rick Perry, re: Waiver to cease MOX construction & redirect funds for plutonium dilute & dispose program, May 10, 2018
• Surplus Plutonium Disposition Dilute and Dispose Option, Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) Report, Apr 2018 (obtained by the Union of Concerned Scientists)
• DOE-EM, WIPP regulatory & operations overview, Carlsbad Field Office, Feb 2018
• Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Plant and Plutonium Disposition: Management and Policy Issues, CRS, Dec 14, 2017
• Plutonium Disposition: Observations on DOE and Army Corps Assessments of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility Contract, GAO, Nov 15, 2017
• Proposed Dilute and Dispose Approach Highlights Need for More Work at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, GAO, Sep 2017
• Plutonium Disposition, GAO presentation, Trimble, Sep 2017
• WIPP Update, DOE-EM, Carlsbad Field Office, Apr 13, 2017
• Alternatives to MOX, Edward Lyman, UCS, & Frank von Hippel, Princeton, Mar 29, 2016
• Final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision & Appendix, Mar 29, 2016
• Carlsbad City Council Resolution Regarding the Disposal of Surplus Non-Pit Plutonium at WIPP, Jan 12, 2016
• United States to dispose of 6 MT of weapon-grade plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Tom Clements, SRS Watch, Jan 6, 2016
• DOE/NNSA announces its Preferred Alternative for the disposition of surplus plutonium evaluated in the Final SPD Supplemental EIS, Dec. 24, 2015
• Supplemental Report Independent Assessment of the Impact of Disposing of Surplus Weapons Plutonium at WIPP, High Bridge Associates, Nov 16, 2015
• "Red Team" report confirms high cost of MOX option for disposal of U.S. excess plutonium, International Panel on Fissile Materials, Aug 23, 2015
• Final Report of the Plutonium Disposition Team, Aug 13, 2015 (obtained by the Union of Concerned Scientists)
• Plutonium Disposition Study Options Independent Assessment Phase 2 Report, Aerospace, Aug 20, 2015
• Final Report of the Plutonium Disposition Red Team, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aug 13, 2015
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Dilute & Dispose, Sterilization, and similar options from Red Team Report
• Plutonium Disposition: Status of Options Studies, NNSA, Hanlon, Jul 9, 2015
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Plutonium Disposition Study Options Independent Assessment Phase 1 Report, Aerospace, Apr 13, 2015
• Alternatives to MOX Direct-disposal options for stockpiles of separated plutonium, International Panel on Fissile Materials, Apr 2015
• NNSA Final Surplus Plutonium Disposition SEIS - Apr 2015
• Analysis of Surplus Weapon‐Grade Plutonium Disposition Options, Plutonium Disposition Working Group, DOE, Apr 2014
• Plutonium Disposition Program - DOE needs to analyze the root causes of Cost Increases and Develop Better Cost Estimates, GAO, Feb 2014
• Supplement Analysis - Storage of Surplus Plutonium Material at the Savannah River Site, Sep 5, 2007
• Regaining Security: Guide to the Costs of Disposing of Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium, William J. Weida, Aug 15, 1997
• Management and Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium, National Academy of Sciences, Mar 1994
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Related articles
• NNSA formalizes dilute and dispose plan, says delay likely, but will get plutonium out of S.C., Exchange Monitor, Apr 26, 2024
• Dilute and dispose looks to boost shipments to WIPP this year, Exchange Monitor, Mar 15, 2024
• NNSA publishes final environmental study on disposal of surplus plutonium, Exchange Monitor, Jan 26, 2024
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NNSA kicks can on facility crucial to disposing of old warhead cores, Exchange Monitor, Oct 20, 2023
• Santa Fe County Commission opposes radioactive material being sent to LANL, Santa Fe New Mexican, with Greg Mello comments, Jan 10, 2023
• LANL would aid in diluting plutonium in controversial disposal plan, Santa Fe New Mexican, with Greg Mello comments, Dec 17, 2022
• Potential NNSA boss backs dilute-and-dispose plutonium plan involving SC, New Mexico, Aiken Standard, Jun 10, 2021
• Yes, plutonium from SC is still in Nevada. The Energy Department is working on it., Aiken Standard, May 21, 2021
• Federal judge dismisses MOX, plutonium lawsuit S.C. filed two years ago, Aiken Standard, Mar 2, 2020
• Full termination of MOX at Savannah River Site expected soon, Aiken Standard, Feb 21, 2020
• The alternative: How the U.S. hopes to handle plutonium once meant for MOX, Aiken Standard, Nov 30, 2019
• 'Deep state' partially to blame for MOX termination, Rep. Joe Wilson suggests, Aiken Standard, Nov 26, 2019
• Lethal Legacy, The US wants to bury SC’s plutonium stockpile forever. Its new home isn’t sure it wants it, part three, The Post and Courier, Nov 23, 2019
• MOX contractor, NNSA reach widespread $186M settlement, Aiken Standard, Nov 19, 2019
• GAO: Surplus Plutonium Disposition: Processing of surplus plutonium warhead cores ("pits") at Los Alamos is uncertain, may conflict with production of new pits, press note, Oct 28, 2019
• Plan for plutonium disposal has holes, GAO finds, Santa Fe New Mexican, Oct 23, 2019
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GAO: Surplus Plutonium Disposition - NNSA's Long-Term Plutonium Oxide Production Plans Are Uncertain, Oct 2019
• Lethal Legacy, How the US government wasted $8 billion and stranded tons of plutonium in South Carolina, part two, The Post and Courier, Sep 28, 2019
• Report: Ending MOX did not breach plutonium pact between US, Russia, Aiken Standard, Aug 22, 2019
• Nevada officials seeking another angle to remove plutonium sent from SRS, Aiken Standard, Aug 16, 2019
• Federal appeals court dismisses Nevada's SRS plutonium arguments, Aiken Standard, Aug 14, 2019
• McMaster: Metric ton of defense plutonium moved from SRS is 'small step' forward, Aiken Standard, Aug 8, 2019
• NNSA quietly removes metric ton of plutonium from SC as part of court order, Aiken Standard, Aug 7, 2019
• U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson rejects call for Energy Secretary Rick Perry's immediate resignation, Aiken Standard, Jul 16, 2019
• Sen. Lindsey Graham joins MOX legal fight, presses Supreme Court to hear case, Aiken Standard, Jul 15, 2019
• Congressman calls for Rick Perry's resignation after waste controversy, SRS shipments, Aiken Standard, Jul 11, 2019
• Lethal Legacy, Why SC is likely stuck with a stockpile of the nation’s most dangerous nuclear materials, part one, The Post and Courier, Jul 6, 2019
• Officials make last-ditch plea to U.S. Supreme Court about MOX, plutonium, Aiken Standard, Jun 13, 2019
• DOE discloses amount of surplus plutonium at SRS; future disposition explained, Aiken Standard, May 17, 2019
• NNSA Won’t Start Savannah River Plutonium Disposal Until 2028, Exchange Monitor, May 7, 2019
• Rick Perry: Plutonium sent from SRS to Nevada will again be relocated by end of 2026, Aiken Standard, May 1, 2019
• State Dept. Has ‘Potential Concerns’ Over U.S.-Russia Plutonium Disposal Pact, Exchange Monitor, Apr 22, 2019
• NNSA Starts Review of Dilute-and-Dispose Plan for WIPP, Exchange Monitor, Apr 19, 2019
• Pantex Plant readies for plutonium shipments, Los Alamos Monitor, Apr 19, 2019
• Report: Russian pause on plutonium pact raises 'potential concerns' for future, Aiken Standard, Apr 19, 2019
• Pantex Plant in Texas ramping up new 'staging mission' for SRS plutonium, Aiken Standard, Apr 19, 2019
• Feds seek dismissal of plutonium lawsuit; no quake concerns, Associated Press, Apr 18, 2019
• South Carolina: Moving plutonium belies Nevada claim of risk, Associated Press, Apr 5, 2019
• MOX termination should be complete by fiscal year 2021, DOE budget documents show, Aiken Standard, Mar 27, 2019
• Masto says she's close to a deal to remove plutonium secretly shipped to Southern Nevada, Reno Gazette Journal, Mar 20, 2019
• $220M requested for 'orderly and safe' closure of MOX, budget documents show, Aiken Standard, Mar 19, 2019
• Nevada continues to fight against shipments of plutonium from South Carolina, WCBD TV, Mar 12, 2019
• Trump's 2020 budget request highlights MOX, pit production, plutonium removal and more, Aiken Standard, Mar 11, 2019
• Nevada cites US warnings in bid to block plutonium shipments, Associated Press, Mar 6, 2019
• NNSA chief discusses MOX pitfalls during Energy Department advisory meeting, Aiken Standard, Mar 5, 2019
• Plutonium shipped from SRS akin to 'irradiated garbage,' Nevada court filing says, Aiken Standard, Mar 5, 2019
• South Carolina Has No Clue on Plutonium Shipments to Pantex, Attorneys Says, Exchange Monitor, Mar 5, 2019
• Nevada governor asks for meeting with Trump to discuss SRS plutonium shipments, Aiken Standard, Feb 28, 2019
• Savannah River Ramps Up Non-MOX Plutonium Downblending, Exchange Monitor, Feb 20, 2019
• Feds file False Claims lawsuit against MOX contractor, subcontractor, Aiken Standard, Feb 18, 2019
• Nevada Gov. Joins Letter-Writing Campaign on DOE Plutonium Shipment, Exchange Monitor, Feb 7, 2019
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Letter from Nevada Gov. Sisalak to DOE, Feb 6, 2019
• Nevada governor: Plutonium shipments have shredded state's trust in DOE, NNSA, Aiken Standard, Feb 7, 2019
• NNSA 'on track' to get metric ton of plutonium out of S.C. by 2020, spokesperson says, Aiken Standard, Feb 7, 2019
• Hundreds more MOX workers issued layoff notices at end of January, Aiken Standard, Feb 6, 2019
• Senators Want Classified Details of Plutonium Shipment to Nevada, Exchange Monitor, Feb 5, 2019
• As MOX fades, Sen. Lindsey Graham turns attention to SRS plutonium removal efforts, Aiken Standard, Feb 5, 2019
• More MFFF Layoffs Today, Exchange Monitor, Feb 4, 2019
• 'I'm not confident at all': U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham casts real doubt on Energy Department, Aiken Standard, Feb 4, 2019
• Nevada lawmakers meet with NNSA chief, discuss SRS-sourced plutonium shipments, Aiken Standard, Feb 1, 2019
• More MOX layoff notices issued Thursday, sources say, Aiken Standard, Jan 31, 2019
• DOE relocated SRS plutonium to Nevada in late 2018, court documents show, Aiken Standard, Jan 31, 2019
• Plutonium shipped from Savannah River Site to Nevada, court filing states, Augusta Chronicle, Jan 30, 2019
• The Latest: Nevada looking at legal options for plutonium, Associated Press, Jan 30, 2019
• SRNS shares opportunities during Business After Hours, The Augusta Chronicle, Jan 30, 2019
• Guest editorial: South Carolina's other big nuclear problem, Aiken Standard, Jan 26, 2019
• Government shutdown stalls settlement negotiations between SC, DOE, Aiken Standard, Jan 25, 2019
• Budget report: Plutonium pit production could cost $9B over next 10 years, Aiken Standard, Jan 24, 2019
• South Carolina’s other big nuclear problem, Opinion, Post Courier, Jan 22, 2019
• South Carolina AG Says MOX Penalty Count Restarted on Jan, Exchange Monitor, Jan 17, 2019
• District judge grants S.C. intervention in lawsuit; hearing scheduled for mid-January, Aiken Standard, Jan 15, 2019
• S.C. again asks Nevada court to grant intervention in SRS-tied lawsuit, Aiken Standard, Jan 12, 2019
• Government shutdown won’t affect SRS to Nevada plutonium hearing, Associated Press, Jan 11, 2019
• SRNS tasked with initial work for 'Savannah River Pit Production Plant,' official says, Aiken Standard, Jan 11, 2019
• Nevada staunchly opposes S.C. request to intervene in plutonium lawsuit, Aiken Standard, Jan 10, 2019
• Appeals Court Permanently Lifts Injunction Against Closing MFFF, Exchange Monitor, Jan 9, 2019
• Appeals court issues final ruling allowing DOE’s termination of MOX project, The Augusta Chronicle, Jan 8, 2019
• U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson remains hopeful MOX project can be saved, Aiken Standard, Jan 8, 2019
• DOE reaffirms plans to use SRS plutonium for pit production in New Mexico, Aiken Standard, Jan 7, 2019
• S.C. files emergency motion to intervene in Nevada's plutonium-related lawsuit, Aiken Standard, Jan 4, 2019
• Third wave of MOX layoff notices issued Thursday, Aiken Standard, Jan 3, 2019
• SRNS finalizes transition plans for MOX facility and resources, NNSA says, Aiken Standard, Jan 2, 2019
• Transition of MFFF to Savannah River Site Contractor Underway, NNSA Says, Exchange Monitor, Jan 2, 2019
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Related articles prior to 2019
• New batch of MOX layoff notices announced for early January, Aiken Standard, Dec 20, 2018
• DOE certain SRS plutonium removal efforts will meet 2020 deadline, Aiken Standard, Dec 17, 2018
• Moving 1 MT of Plutonium Out of South Carolina Will Delay Removal of More Plutonium, DOE Tells Court, Exchange Monitor, Dec 17, 2018
• MOX Services president asks nuclear agency to terminate MOX construction license, Aiken Standard, Dec 13, 2018
• More MOX Services Layoffs Coming in February, Exhange Monitor, Dec 13, 2018
• Another 70 MOX workers issued layoff notifications, employment document shows, Aiken Standard, Dec 12, 2018
• Savannah River Nuclear Solutions on track to hire 1,200 in fiscal year 2019, Aiken Standard, Dec 9, 2018
• NNSA chief of staff: Some SRS plutonium needed for national security missions, Aiken Standard, Dec 7, 2018
• At least 988 MOX workers given layoff notices as of early December, Aiken Standard, Dec 7, 2018
• DOE Wants to Delay Wage Payment to MOX Services on Legal Technicality, Exchange Monitor, Dec 6, 2018
• Decades-long plutonium campaign will face challenges, new interim report says, Aiken Standard, Dec 1, 2018
• State of S.C., Energy Department continue plutonium-related settlement negotiations, Aiken Standard, Nov 28, 2018
• Scuttlebiz: After five years of bureaucratic strangulation, MOX is dead, The Augusta Chronicle, Nov 17, 2018
• Another 100-plus MOX layoffs scheduled for beginning of 2019, Aiken Standard, Nov 16, 2018
• Remaining layoff schedule for MOX workers announced, The Augusta Chronicle, Nov 16, 2018
• At least 500 MOX workers to be laid off at start of 2019, Aiken Standard, Nov 13, 2018
• Judge Tells NNSA to Pay MFFF Employees, Exchange Monitor, Nov 13, 2018
• October MOX meeting with Trump, Energy Department was 'very lively' , Aiken Standard, Nov 12, 2018
• Editorial: Thank You Sen. Graham you gave it all to save MOX, Aiken Standard, Nov 10, 2018
• MOX worker job fair scheduled for early December, internal invite says, Aiken Standard, Nov 9, 2018
• Initial round of MOX layoff notices issued Thursday, Aiken Standard, Nov 8, 2018
• First round of MOX layoff notices sent out, The Augusta Chronicle, Nov 8, 2018
• Laid off MOX workers will be given employment help, message says, Aiken Standard, Oct 31, 2018
• SC governor: Another MOX meeting with President Trump will happen, Aiken Standard, Oct 26, 2018
• State of SC, Energy Department negotiating plutonium removal settlement, Aiken Standard, Oct 26, 2018
• Federal appeals court upholds plutonium removal order from 2017, Aiken Standard, Oct 26, 2018
• Energy Secretary Rick Perry, NNSA chief attended White House MOX meeting, Aiken Standard, Oct 24, 2018
• First wave of MOX layoff notifications expected in November, message says, Aiken Standard, Oct 23, 2018
• Rep. Wilson hopeful about future of MOX, The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 23, 2018
• NNSA document details one year of MOX termination work, Aiken Standard, Oct 22, 2018
• Image of Sen. Graham's statement following his meeting with Pres. Trump, thank you to Colin Demerest, Aiken Standard
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Layoff notices for some MOX employees expected to go out next month, The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 22, 2018
• S.C. politicians meet with President Trump to discuss fate of MOX project, Aiken Standard, Oct 19, 2018
• Environmental Management leader not opposed to NNSA takeover of SRS, Aiken leaders say, Aiken Standard, Oct 18, 2018
• South Carolina officials ask President Trump to save MOX project, The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 18, 2018
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Jobs up in the air as plans for MOX site closes, wrdw.com, Oct 17, 2018
• Savannah River Field Office manager to brief NNSA chief on ongoing study, Aiken Standard, Oct 16, 2018
• MOX contractor to abide by termination order; plan required by early November, Aiken Standard, Oct 16, 2018
• Sen. Graham, Gov. McMaster to discuss MOX with Trump next week, Aiken Standard, Oct 13, 2018
• Editorial: MOX termination is great loss to Aiken, Aiken Standard Editorial, Oct 13, 2018
• Trump administration kills contract for plutonium-to-fuel plant, Reuters, Oct 12, 2018
• NNSA delivered MOX termination notice this week; construction expected to wind down, Aiken Standard, Oct 12, 2018
• NNSA requesting MOX termination in official notice, The The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 12, 2018
• Multi-billion dollar mistake? Feds move to quit building over-budget fuel plant, The State, Oct 12, 2018
• S.C. governor, attorney general vexed by appeals-level MOX decision , Aiken Standard, Oct 11, 2018
• SC politicians think they have clout with Trump. But their big state project may be dying, Miami Herald, Oct 10, 2018
• Federal appeals court sides with DOE, lifts pro-MOX injunction, Aiken Standard, Oct 10, 2018
• Pro-MOX injunction lifted by appellate court, The The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 9, 2018
• Plans for jobs-rich but potentially deadly nuclear fuel plant on life support in SC, The State, Oct 9, 2018
• Nuclear leaders, staff converge on SRS for plutonium pit production workshop, Aiken Standard, Oct 4, 2018
• South Carolina to appellate court: Don’t stop MOX, The The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 3, 2018
• DOE, NNSA renew bid to lift pro-MOX injunction, Aiken Standard, Oct 2, 2018
• DOE legal motion seeks to end judge’s injunction on MOX construction, The The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 2, 2018
• Federal Appellate Panel Hears MOX Termination Case, SRS Watch press release, Sep 28, 2018
• NNSA chief reaffirms MOX cancellation efforts in letter to congressman, Aiken Standard, Sep 26, 2018
• S.C. governor's nuclear council to talk SRS, MOX at October meeting, Aiken Standard, Sep 24, 2018
• Budget chief Mick Mulvaney critical of MOX during White House conference, Aiken Standard, Sep 11, 2018
• Nevada officials vow to fight federal plutonium storage plan, Assoicated Press, Sep 6, 2018
• Pit mission at SRS will hopefully begin soon, NNSA official says, Aiken Standard, Aug 31, 2018
• U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan: MOX decisions, misinformation prove worrisome, Aiken Standard, Aug 29, 2018
• Scuttlebiz: Real cost estimate for MOX remains elusive, The The Augusta Chronicle, Aug 25, 2018
• S.C. legal team blasts DOE in latest MOX filing, Aiken Standard, Aug 23, 2018
• NNSA chief of staff, other government officials tour SRS, Aiken Standard, Aug 17, 2018
• South Carolina Attorney General contends DOE can’t close MOX without analysis, The The Augusta Chronicle, Aug 15, 2018
• MOX protection not included in defense authorization measure signed by Trump, The The Augusta Chronicle, Aug 14, 2018
• Trump signs defense bill; package authorizes MOX money, questions SRS pit production, Aiken Standard, Aug 14, 2018
• Defense bill includes conditional money for MOX, The The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 31, 2018
• SRS manager: NNSA's review of role at SRS 'routine', Aiken Standard, Jul 24, 2018
• It's back to the future for national security, Munns tells Rotary Club, Aiken Standard, Jul 24, 2018
• Energy Department to maintain nuclear oversight, Associated Press, Jul 24, 2018
• Defense bill would curb Cabinet control of nuclear agency, Associated Press, Jul 22, 2018
• MOX shutdown appeal to be argued in September, The The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 20, 2018
• Federal judge pauses MOX lawsuit until appeals court rules, Aiken Standard, Jul 18, 2018
• U.S. Strategic Command leader tours MOX, tritium facilities at SRS, Aiken Standard, Jul 13, 2018
• DOE memo: MOX support could jeopardize other Savannah River Site missions, The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 12, 2018
• DOE memos: NNSA considers taking over SRS, relocating tritium mission, Aiken Standard, Jul 11, 2018
• DOE considering new locations, weapons uses for some SRS plutonium, Aiken Standard, Jun 28, 2018
• My Turn, Rhodes: More waste comes to Savannah River Site?, Commentary, Statehouse Report, Jun 22, 2018
• Energy Department appeals preliminary MOX injunction, Aiken Standard, Jun 19, 2018
• Energy Department appeals MOX order, The The Augusta Chronicle, Jun 18, 2018
• President, energy secretary, S.C. governor talked MOX at May meeting, Aiken Standard, Jun 8, 2018
• Pro-MOX injunction signals start of longer legal battle, Aiken Standard, Jun 8, 2018
• Federal judge issues injunction in favor of MOX project, The The Augusta Chronicle, Jun 7, 2018
• FY19 Appropriations Bills: National Nuclear Security Administration, Jun 7, 2018
• Hundreds could initially be laid off from MOX project, official's email says, Aiken Standard, Jun 1, 2018
• Report: MOX project dead, more waste and 1,800 jobs from replacement, The The Augusta Chronicle, May 31, 2018
• S.C. officials lash out at MOX decision; lawsuit filed, Aiken Standard, May 25, 2018
• S.C. attorney general files motion for injunction to stop MOX shutdown, The The Augusta Chronicle, May 25, 2018
• S.C. attorney general plans to sue DOE over MOX termination, Aiken Standard, May 22, 2018
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Governor's nuclear council chairman wants more DOE transparency, Aiken Standard, May 21, 2018
• Another SC nuclear boondoggle could soon meet its end, The Post and Courier, May 20, 2018
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Partial work stoppage ordered for MOX, Aiken Standard, May 16, 2018
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Letters address MOX costs, cancellation and pit production reasoning, Aiken Standard, May 15, 2018
• S.C. politicians angry about DOE plans to 'abandon' MOX, Aiken Standard, May 11, 2018
• S.C. governor wants to talk to President Donald Trump about protecting MOX, Aiken Standard, May 9, 2018
• S.C. governor threatens legal action if U.S. Energy Department abandons MOX, Aiken Standard, May 3, 2018
• Feds: Nuclear fuel processing alternative would take 8 years,The Washington Post, Aug 23, 2017
• Radioactive Pork, The Hill, Apr 19, 2016
• Dealing with Russia’s Concerns about the Isotopics of Disposed Plutonium, Ed Lyman, UCS, & Frank von Hippel, Princeton, Apr 15, 2016
• Changing nuclear landscape alters WIPP’s role, Santa Fe New Mexican, Apr 9, 2016
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• Obama Aims to Terminate MOX Project, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Feb 9, 2016
• Half-Built Nuclear Fuel Plant in South Carolina Faces Test on Its Future, New York Times, Feb 8, 2016
• White House Said to Propose Deep Cuts for MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Feb 5, 2016
• Reassess New Mexico’s nuclear-waste repository, Nature, Jan 14, 2016
• Could the U.S. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant go critical if more plutonium were disposed in it?, Frank von Hippel & Edwin Lyman, IPFM blog, Jan 6, 2016
• DOE's Efforts to Carry Out the $51+ Billion Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Project Have Failed, SRS Watch, Oct 26, 2015
• Direct disposal is better solution for South Carolina's plutonium problem, The Augusta Chronicle, Oct 24, 2015
• Russian Official: Gov’t Open to Alternative U.S. Plutonium Disposition Methods, Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor, Oct 16, 2015
• DOE says Congress is wasting funds on a South Carolina nuclear plant, The Center for Public Integrity, Oct 9, 2015
• Nuclear weapon experts oppose MOX, GreenvilleOnline, Sep 10, 2015
• DOE Study Concludes MOX Facility More Expensive, Much Riskier than Disposing of Surplus Plutonium at New Mexico Repository, Union of Concerned Scientists, Aug 20, 2015
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The projected cost of the government's most expensive nonproliferation effort rises again, The Center for Public Integrity, Apr 23, 2015
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MOX facility contractor requests construction extension for work at Savannah River Site, The Augusta Chronicle, Sep 4, 2014
• South Carolina’s Nuclear-Infused Pork, Slate, Jun 3, 2014
• MOX is probably dying, Los Alamos Study Group, Mar 12, 2014
• Time to bury plutonium, Nature, May 10, 2012
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