Plutonium removal from Savannah River Site at least eight years away: DOE

摘要

DOE is not able to begin removing 1 metric ton of former weaponsrnplutonium from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina until 2025 duernto technical and environmental issues, the department said in anrnAugust 11 brief filed with US District Court for the District of South Carolina.rnThe brief said it is not possible for DOE to begin removing thernmaterial by 2019, as proposed by the state of South Carolina in a July 31rnfiling with the court.