Plutonium Pit Production

South Carolina, DOE Trade Fresh Barbs in Plutonium Lawsuit

By Photo of Dan Leone

The Energy Department and South Carolina traded barbed court filings this week in the state’s $100-million lawsuit over plutonium disposal at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, S.C.
DOE still wants the suit, filed in February, thrown out of court. South…

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