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n a federal register notice, the Department of Energy invited anyone to submit comments on the issue, based on a proposal from DOE to accept, process and dispose of used nuclear fuel from Germany containing approximately 900 kilograms of highly-enriched uranium, or HEU.
The comment period began on Wednesday and will end on July 21.
In addition, officials will host a public meeting on Tuesday, June 24, at the North Augusta Community Center located at 495 Brookside Drive. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and will offer the opportunity for individuals to comment further.
To submit written comments, the public can send letters to Andrew Grainger, NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box B, Aiken, South Carolina 29802. Residents can also email comments to Grainger at [email protected].
“DOE will give equal weight to written comments and oral comments received at the public scoping meeting,” officials wrote in the register notice.
Read more: DOE seeks input on German fuel possibly coming to SRS | Aiken Standard
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The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory is a research unit of the University of Georgia located on the Savannah River Site, a Department of Energy facility near Aiken, SC. The laboratory pursues basic and applied research at multiple levels of ecological organization, from atoms to ecosystems. SREL also provides opportunities for graduate and undergraduate research training, and service to the community through environmental outreach. Throughout its 50+ year history SREL has strived to acquire and communicate knowledge that contributes to sound ecological stewardship.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Corruptedstructure
Except that it wouldn't get them anything extra. If the fuel rods were anywhere near ground zero, they'd be almost vaporized in the initial explosion.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: BGTM90
I didn't say it disappeared completely. I said it didn't add anything extra to the fallout that you already have from the bomb going off. If you're standing in 60 mph winds and you blow really hard, it's not going to increase the wind speed any.
The explosion is going to vaporize the rods themselves, as well as at least some of radioactive particles from them, but what's left is not going to suddenly turn the nuclear bomb detonating into a super bomb.
originally posted by: ColCurious
a reply to: BGTM90
I must say this is really confusing. Thanks to Corruptedstructure for bringing this up. Really interesting.
Why would the taxpayer have to pay for the decommission of a private companie's waste? That is really #ed up.
The operators of the nuclear power plant are responsible for the disposing of spent fuel and radioactive waste!!
Guess who will be paying the communities in Aiken, SC? Not me.
Are the people there even receiving money, or at least benefitting from it then?
The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a nuclear reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties adjacent to the Savannah River, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Augusta, Georgia. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons. It covers 310 square miles (800 km2) and employs more than 10,000 people.
It is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The management and operating contract is held by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC (SRNS), and the Liquid Waste Operations contract is held by Savannah River Remediation, which is a team of companies led by URS Corp.
A major focus is cleanup activities related to work done in the past for American nuclear buildup. Currently none of the reactors on-site are operating (see list of nuclear reactors), although two of the reactor buildings are being used to consolidate and store nuclear materials. SRS is also home to the Savannah River National Laboratory and the USA's only operating radiochemical separations facility. Its Tritium facilities are also the United States' only source of tritium, an essential component in nuclear weapons. The USA's only mixed oxide fuel (MOX) manufacturing plant is being constructed at SRS overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration. When operational, the MOX facility will convert legacy weapons-grade plutonium into fuel suitable for commercial power reactors.[1]