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TheNa'onalEnvironmentalPolicyActandtheSRSPlutoniumBombPlant
JayCoghlan,Director
NuclearWatchNewMexicoJune14,2019
LANLCentralMission
$1.7Trillion“Moderniza'on”
• NewICBMs,HeavyStealthBombers,CruiseMissiles,Submarines
• RebuiltNuclearWarheadswithNewMilitaryCapabili'es
• PerpetualCycleof“LifeExtensionPrograms”
Deterrence?Post-2010NuclearPostureReview:
“ThenewguidancerequirestheUnitedStatestomaintainsignificantcounterforcecapabili'esagainstpoten'aladversaries.Thenewguidancedoesnotrelyona“counter-value’or“minimumdeterrence”strategy.”ReportonNuclearImplementa'onStrategyoftheUnitedStates,SpecifiedinSec'on491of10.U.S.C.,DepartmentofDefense,June2013,page4(quota'onmarksintheoriginal),hap://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/policy/dod/us-nuclear-employment-strategy.pdf
Thatiswhywehavethousandsofweaponsfornuclearwarfigh'ngratherthanthefewhundredneededfordeterrence-only.Inturnthatiswhywehaveexpandedplutoniumpitproduc'on.
Na'onalEnvironmentalPolicyActrequiresopportunityforpubliccomment
• SRSenvironmentalimpactstatementisgood,butprogramma'cEIS(PEIS)isrequired:- Toraiseproduc'onfrom20pitsperyearto80+.- Becauseasecondsiteisnowinvolved.• 1998NaturalResourceDefenseCouncilcourtorderrequiressupplementalPEISwhenDOEconsidersmorethan50pitsperyearatLosAlamosLab(or80undermul'pleworkshihs).haps://law.jus'a.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/20/45/2423390/
NEPArequireslookingatpurposeandneed
• WhyisFY2015DefenseAuthoriza'onActrequirementfor80pitsperyear“…drivenbytherequirementtohedgeagainsttechnicalandgeopoli'calriskandnotsolelybytheneedsoflifeextensionprograms”?• Upto20,000exis'ngpitsatthePantexPlant.• 2006independentstudyconcludedpitslastatleastacentury.• Newpitswereforrecentlycanceled“InteroperableWarhead.”• “…requiredcapacitymusthappeneveniftheW87-1programmust,forsomeunplannedreason,deploywithareusedpit.Ifthatweretobethecase,thenthepitmanufacturingcampaignwouldprovidenewpitsfortheLEPorreplacementprogramthatfollowstheW87-1.”haps://nukewatch.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/W78-Replacement-Program-Cost-Es'mates-IHE-1.pdf
• New“W87-like”pits,raisingreliability&tes'ngissues.
NEPArequiresanalysisofenvironmentalandsafetyimpacts
• Heavycontamina'onfrompitproduc'onatboththeRockyFlatsPlantandLosAlamosLab.• IncompletecleanupatRockyFlats.DOEplansto“capandcover”rad&toxicwastesatLANL.• Pitproduc'onwillinevitablyaddtocontamina'on,radioac'vewastesandplutoniuminventoryatSRS.• Chronic,unresolvedsafetyproblemsatbothRockyFlatsandLANL.HowsafeisSRS?
Costsofexpandedpitproduc'on• SRSalterna'vees'matedat$27.8billionover30years.
-Costofrepurposingproblem-plaguedMOXFuelFabrica'onFacility?• LosAlamoscostis$14.8billion,or$42.6billioncombined.haps://nukewatch.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FINAL-Pu-Pit-Produc'on-EA-Results-05.14.18_Unclassified.pdf
• Es'mated1,807pitproduc'onjobsatSRS.haps://nukewatch.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Pu-Pit-Engineering-Assessment-Report-Rev-2_20-April-2018.pdf,p.3-7.Exis'ngSRSworkforceis~11,000,netaddi'onnotavailable.
• Militaryspendinghaslowestbeneficialeconomicmul'plier(generallyaround1.3)Howmanymorejobswouldbeproducedthroughcomprehensivecleanup,cybersecurityorrenewableenergyresearch?
TheNEPAprocess
•“Scoping”hearingforSRSEIS,June27,2019(5:00p.m.–9:00p.m.EST)attheNorthAugustaCommunityCenter,495BrooksideAve,NorthAugusta,SC29841.Submitoralscopingcommentsand/orinwri'[email protected]• DrahEIS,dateTBD.Submitcomments!• FinalEISfollowedbyRecordofDecision.• Programma'cenvironmentalimpactstatement?
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