Thanks to those of you who submitted comments in  DOE notice on “categorical exclusions,” designed to avoid compliance with NEPA for “advanced nuclear reactors” and associated waste management.

All comments posted here:  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DOE-HQ-2025-0405/comments

Savannah River Site Watch (SRS Watch) comment is here, with instructive information about the “standing”

Paddle & Boogie to Stop the SRS Plutonium Bomb Plant, Augusta, GA Canal, March 28, 2026, with Music

Calling all South Carolina and Georgia Paddling Enthusiasts and
Environmental Advocates to help stop the New Nuclear Arms Race!

PADDLE AND BOOGIE TO STOP THE BOMB

flyer:  https://www.nonukesyall.org/pdfs/paddleandboogieflyer2.pdf

Augusta Canal and Mill Village Trailhead in Augusta,

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;

From 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.

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.

Workshop 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):

https://trivalleycares.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Virtual-Workshop-for-PEIS-Scoping-1.pdf?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=1769e1a5-f80b-4063-a318-6a92e65c51e1

Virtual Workshop:
 

Nationwide programmatic environmental impact statement on the expanded production
of plutonium “pit” bomb cores

Making Effective Comments at the Upcoming Public Hearings…

Lawsuit 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.

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.

Annual 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” &