Jul
18
South Carolina Fights U.S. Plan to Abandon Nuclear Project Costing $1.2 Million a Day
ByDepartment of Energy is spending over a million dollars a day on facility designed to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium
The U.S. Energy Department says it is spending $1.2 million a day on a partially built South Carolina nuclear facility that it wants to abandon due to soaring costs.
Congress has continued funding construction of the plant, which would be used to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium, despite a series of reviews casting doubt on the financial logic involved…
South Carolina Fights U.S. Plan to Abandon Nuclear Project Costing $1.2 Million a Day