The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) last week notified MOX Services that the agency will terminate the company’s contract to build a long-delayed plutonium disposal plant at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C.The semiautonomous Department of Energy agency sent the letter one day after a federal appeals court lifted a lower court’s injunction against halting construction of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF), which is also known as the MOX project.“Following the October 9 ruling by the U.S. 4th Circuit…
Department of Energy Starts Process to Turn Plutonium Disposal Plant Into Weapon Factory
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Dan Leone
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