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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

President Cuts SRS MOX Project from Proposed Budget

President Cuts SRS MOX Project from Proposed Budget

In light of substantial cost overruns, an ongoing project to build a MOX fuel plant at the Savannah River Site has lost the support of the White House in its 2015 federal budget proposal.

"Following a year-long review of the plutonium disposition program, the budget provides funding to place the Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina into cold standby," read a summary of the proposed 2015 budget released Tuesday. "The National Nuclear Security Administration is evaluating alternative plutonium disposition technologies to MOX that will achieve a safe and secure solution more quickly and cost effectively." Read Morehttp://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2014/03/05/president-cuts-srs-mox-project-from-proposed-budget-020502.aspx#.Uxe_8BlXBDS

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