Savannah River Site Becoming International Nuclear Waste Dumping Ground

摘要

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is implementing a controversial plan to bring plutonium from foreign countries to the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. Two ships have left the United Kingdom (UK) bound for the Tokai Nuclear Facility, near Tokyo, Japan, to load 331 kilograms of plutonium for shipment to SRS The plutonium would be shipped into Charleston harbor over a seven year period from seven countries including from Japan, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and other countries DOE wants to import up to 900 kilograms of plutonium to SRS for storage until the government decides its final destination.