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The Center for Public Integrity exposes MOX nuclear facility in South Carolina

‘Nuclear Waste’ series targets seriously troubled project Center for Public Integrity, By Bill Buzenberg 27 June 13   In four superb reports this week, The Center for Public Integrity’s national security team tells the disturbing story of how billions of dollars are being wasted on a specialized nuclear plant that was supposed to produce fuel for nuclear energy and reduce weapons grade plutonium. Not only could this failing enterprise end up costing as much as $20 billion, it may also create more nuclear weapons material instead of less. The Center’s Nuclear Waste series kicks off what will be an ongoing investigation into the world’s faltering efforts to control these most dangerous nuclear explosives……. Read this entire four-part series to see public service investigative journalism at its best   http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/06/27/12900/nuclear-waste-series-targets-seriously-troubled-project

June 28, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general