Nuclear watchdogs, scientists question need for SC plutonium plant amid environmental study

Nuclear watchdogs, scientists question need for SC plutonium plant amid environmental study

The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy)South Carolina’s federal nuclear site is part of a plan to replace the plutonium cores of bombs in the country’s nuclear arsenal. But now the federal government is taking a closer look at the environmental impacts of such a venture — or whether it’s even necessary. A…