“The US government’s dangerous rush to produce new plutonium pits”
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DOE okays construction of the next home for the nation’s largest supply of nuclear warhead triggers
Georgia Public Broadcasting, Wednesday, October 20, 2026
“On Monday, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued its approval of full-scale construction at the SRPPF to produce up to 125 war reserve plutonium pits annually.
Old B&W Post-WWII Movies Posted by DOE, from Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Days
“AEC Films Available Online at the National Archives”
Check out the post-WWII nuclear movies posted by DOE’s Office of Legacy Management:
https://www.energy.gov/lm/atomic-energy-commission-films-available-online
“The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), established in 1946,
ATTENTION: No Containment Planned for newcleo’s MOX-Fueled Lead-Cooled Reactors at SRS!
ATTENTION please: NO containment structure planned for newcleo lead-cooled reactors planned for SRS! newcleo plans for its plutonium-fueled (MOX) lead-cooled fast reactors to have “functional containment”
Confirmation that Plutonium “Dilute & Dispose” Program Ended, Equipment Transferred to Plutonium Pit Project
DOE has confirmed, via a weekly report of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), that the program at SRS to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium as waste – in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico –
Alert! Proposal for Another Costly Plutonium Fuel “Factory” at SRS – MOX2.0?! newcleo Bumbles into Plutonium Proliferation La La Land
Hold on, Monsieur, we’re not sure your expensive SRS plutonium dreams will survive close examination….
The first attempt to build a plutonium fuel (MOX) plant –
“Public Interest Groups Warn NNSA on Plutonium Giveaway” in Letter by South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP), September 8, 2026
Public Interest Groups Warn NNSA on Plutonium Giveaway
South Carolina, September 8, 2026 – Today, the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP) sent a letter of demand to the Department of Energy (DOE) and its semi-autonomous agency,
“Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM,” The State, August 14, 2026 – The “report” is no endorsement of a rush to new pit production
“Once secret report on atomic weapons production released as greens fight plans in SC, NM”
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, by Sammy Fretwell, August 14, 2026
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article316871213.html
[Note: The reporter failed to discern between the 2019 JASON recommendation to “manufacture”
DOE’s Illegal Attacks Against DNFSB Safety Oversight Board: “Trump administration denies nuclear safety watchdog crucial access”
“Trump administration denies nuclear safety watchdog crucial access” – a crucial independent, federal agency is under attack by DOE – SRS Watch met with staff of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) on August 10,
“Plutonium aging in U.S. nuclear arsenal not affecting weapons’ performance, study finds,” Santa Fe New Mexican, August 11, 2026
“An independent scientific advisory group to the federal government found that the plutonium in the United States’ existing nuclear weapons stockpile is “aging slowly” and degradation issues “do not call into question present weapons performance.”
“The executive summary of a congressionally mandated study conducted by the scientific group JASON,
As We have Warned for Years: Date for Closure of Dangerous High-Level Nuclear Waste Tanks at SRS Slips, from 2037 to 2041
Savannah River Site high-level nuclear waste tank closure has again slipped, as we have been warning for years. Environmental threats to South Carolina and Georgia to endure.
“Nuclear Watchdog Sues for Plutonium Pit Production “Special Study”” – Challenging the Coverup by DOE about “Need” for New Plutonium Pit Production
“Nuclear Watchdog Sues for Plutonium Pit Production “Special Study””- August 4, 2026
— a big thanks for this action by Nuclear Watch New Mexico (co-plaintiff with SRS Watch in our successful plutonium pit NEPA lawsuit)
Santa Fe,
The Horror of Hiroshima – Eye Witness Account by U.S. Journalist John Hershey. Should be Required Reading by Children near SRS
The Horror of Hiroshima – Eye Witness Account by U.S. Journalist John Hershey
Every school child in the US should be required to read John Hershey’s book “Hiroshima,”
DOE Claims to Pursue Gas-& Nuke-Fueled Data Center at SRS – Really?!
Really?! Don’t swallow this DOE “news” too quickly: “NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site,” July 20, 2026
Well, we gotta throw a bucket of cold water on this half-baked proposal.
Georgia Public Radio: “Nuclear watchdogs seek answers on plutonium pit need before comment deadline,” July 16, 2026
“Nuclear watchdogs seek answers on plutonium pit need before comment deadline”
Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), July 16, 2026 8:42 AM, By Jillian Magtoto
For the first time since the 80s,
“The End of Another Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program” – The Aiken Chronicles, Aiken, SC, July 12, 2026
“The End of Another Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program”
“The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has put the brakes on the surplus plutonium Dilute and Dispose program and reassigned K-Area surplus plutonium processing capabilities to the plutonium pit production defense mission.
“Consequence Analysis of Major Fires at Plutonium Pit Production Facilities” [SRS, Los Alamos] – Science & Global Security, July 10, 2026
“Consequence Analysis of Major Fires at Plutonium Pit Production Facilities”
Science & Global Security journal, July 10, 2026
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08929882.2026.2690796
Abstract
As the United States reestablishes large-scale plutonium pit production,
NRC is Destroying NEPA in Desperate, Misguided Move to Support Speculative, “Advanced” Nuclear Facilities
Environmental Protections Under Attack: The NRC’s New NEPA Rule
“After more than a year of sweeping deregulation at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) aimed at paving the way for accelerated deployment of so-called “advanced” reactors,
“No new plutonium pits!” – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), July 8, 2026
No new plutonium pits!
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is aggressively expanding the production of plutonium pits,
Citizen Speaks Up in Plutonium Pit PEIS Comment: “Nuclear stockpile expansion carries known environmental risks” – Submit a Comment to DOE NOW!
Oppose planning for nuclear war! Get your comments in on the plutonium pit draft Programmatic EIS (PEIS) about production of of up to 205 plutonium cores per year at the Savannah River Site and Los Alamos National Lab,
Halt Give Away of Weapons Plutonium: Senator Markey to Trump, June 2, 2026
“Senator Markey Decries Security Concerns, Conflicts of Interest with Trump Proposal to Give Weapons-Usable Plutonium to Private Companies”
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Washington (June 2, 2026) – Senator Edward J.
“UNANALYZED CONDITION” – URANIUM PELLETS FOUND IN DRAIN PIPING at Westinghouse Fuel Plant, Columbia, SC
Just how much uranium, in the form of fuel pellets, went down the drain at the Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication facility near Columbia, South Carolina? The company reports no criticality risk but the U.S.
“Rare Referendum on Nuclear Warheads Begins in South Carolina” – article on Plutonium Pit PEIS in South Carolina, May 5, 2026
Photo: Plutonium puck produced in “defense” reactors at the DOE’s Savannah River Site. SRS produced about 36 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium in 5 reactors, which were all closed by 1990.
Another DOE Nuclear Bomb Factory Exposed: “Kansas City: Inside America’s Nuclear Weapons Capital, As It Builds the Newest American Bomb”
Kansas City Nuclear Bomb Parts Honeywell Campus | Photo via National Security Campus & Dept. of Energy
“Kansas City: Inside America’s Nuclear Weapons Capital,
“Peace Through Atomic Strength” Я US? Or is DOE really saying…Rearmament Я US!?
“Peace Through Atomic Strength” Я US!? Or….
Or is a better descriptor of what the DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is doing with it’s rushed plutonium-pit production program, for new,
Dumping Plutonium Waste (TRU) from SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant may be Restricted by New Mexico
Comment for the New Mexico Environment Department’s “Record of the WIPP Agency-Initiated
Modification Draft Permit of April 23, 2026”
(The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant –
Good article: “Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war,” April 25, 2026, The Guardian
“Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war”
The Guardian, 25 April 2026
The dosimeter clipped to your chest ticks faster the moment you step off the designated path inside the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.
News Media on the Plutonium Pit Production PEIS – Finally the Issue Breaks Through & the Public Can Learn about the Threats of Plutonium “Pit” Production to Fuel New Nuclear Warheads
One-stop website with the news this week on the tour of the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant on April 21 by public interest groups & the news briefing at the S.C.
“Impacts of plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site unveiled” – article on Plutonium Pit Plant PEIS, April 20, 2026
“Impacts of plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site unveiled”
Savannah Morning News, April 20, 2026
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released its draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for national production of up to 205 plutonium pits per year (ppy) on April 10.
MOX-Style Disaster Unleashed? NNSA Gives Failing Grade to Construction of SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has released the “Performance Evaluation Report” (PER) for the work in Fiscal Year 2025 of the SRS plutonium Bomb Plant contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS),