Funding Shortfall Threatens Construction of MOX Fuels Plant, DOE Report Says
Continued construction and eventual operation of the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility at the Savannah River site in South Carolina is not viable at the current funding levels, according to a high-level "red team" report prepared for the U.S. Energy Dept.
The report, obtained and released on Aug. 20 by the Union of Concerned Scientists, was prepared for DOE by personnel from agency laboratories, the Tennessee Valley Authority and several contractors, including from Bechtel. Red-team reports are commissioned to challenge status quo approaches in the federal government.