Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
BREDL SOUTHERN ANTI-PLUTONIUM CAMPAIGN


Reports and Resources

Jan. 12, 2004: Plutonium Fuel Factsheet (in .pdf)

Nov. 22, 2002: BREDL Press Release | BREDL releases Don Moniak report: "Does America Need A New Atomic Bomb Plant?: A Preliminary Review of DOE's Plans to Restore Large-Scale Plutonium Pit Production" (in .pdf)

Oct. 12, 2002: New BREDL factsheet on Savannah River Site (in .pdf)

Fact Sheet: Immobilization vs. Pu/MOX fuel (in .pdf)

June 11, 2002: BREDL has released a report which reveals that the US DOE's plutonium fuel testing program would require tens of thousands of miles of national and international shipments. BREDL Press Release and Report

Feb. 27, 2002: Nuclear Cask Safety - an excerpt from a North American and Prairie Island Coalition report compiled by George Crocker of Prairie Island Coalition. (.pdf)

Nov. 16, 2001: Janet Zeller's report from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety (ACRS) meeting to hear staff reviews of the key issues in Duke Cogema Stone & Webster’s (DCS) Construction Authorization Request (CAR) for the plutonium fuel factory proposed for the Savannah River Site. 


Plutonium: The Last Five Years. - a report, by Don Moniak, released on February 6, 2001 to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of former Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary’s last “openness” press conference at which DOE released its publication “Plutonium, The Last 50 Years.” Download .pdf file or view html files of report.
by Don Moniak


May 3, 2001: Press Release In Charlotte, NC today BREDL releases a new plutonium fuels transportation report outlining past problems with the U.S. Department of Energy's handling of plutonium. Link to reports :
Plutonium Fuel Transportation: More Uncertainties , Higher Costs ,Increased Risks Overrated Records (Released May 3, 2001) - by Don Moniak (.pdf file)

The Dangers of Plutonium Transportation: (.pdf file) <<REVISED! (Revised and Re-released on May 3, 2001) a report by Louis Zeller
The Dangers of Plutonium Transportation (html file)


Reports from BREDL's Lou Zeller in Okinawa, Japan at the G-8 Summit.



Read about Lou and Janet's trip to Russia . They were part of the American Delegation on Plutonium Fuel. May 21 - June 11, 2000



Map of transport routes analyzed for shipments toYucca Mountain through North Carolina and South Carolina.