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Press Mention SavannahNOW / Savannah Morning News May 9, 2003

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SRS looks toward post-Cold War uses

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Westinghouse Savannah River Co. is pitching a $4 billion Department of Energy contract to build a modern pit facility at the Savannah River Site to recycle plutonium triggers from aging nuclear warheads. Sara Barczak of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy criticizes the project as weapons production and questions the accelerated cleanup timeline, arguing it increases risk of human error and that SRS should instead become a leader in nuclear waste mitigation.

How can you portray the creation of new nuclear weapons as a positive step for a community both locally and globally. We're creating weapons of mass destruction.

Sara Barczak

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