Re: New book: "Tritium on Ice"

[Susan L Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

I attended a public meeting for the EIS for resuming production of

tritium back sometime in the 1990s.  Initially, use of a civilian

reactor was NOT the preferred alternative.  It really looked like this

was a pork-barrel plan by DOE to construct a hugely expensive

accelerator to produce tritium for a program with uncertain, and

probably declining, demand.



I was one of several people in Oak Ridge who commented that it was more

cost-effective (and reversable) to produce tritium in a commercial

reactor.  That TVA--a "quasi-governmental agency"--was chosen for the

task is reasonable due to its history in supporting munitions production

for the federal government.



I do note, however, that SRS will be awarded a hugely expensive tritium

extraction facility as part of the project.  Sometimes you just can't

save the taxpayers' money no matter what you suggest....

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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director

Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee

102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org

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