[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6257]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST FOR MOX REPORT

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, in February, the 
President, sadly, announced his plan to terminate the Mixed Oxide Fuel 
Fabrication Facility, also known as MOX, at the Savannah River Site.
  The administration blamed the cost estimate as the reason to halt 
construction. Shutting down this project halts environmental cleanup, 
which is converting weapons-grade plutonium into green fuel.
  South Carolina and Georgia are at risk of being a nuclear waste dump 
site, breaking a nonproliferation agreement with Russia. This highly 
exaggerated cost was assessed in a report that is closed to the public.
  Constituents living in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, adjacent to 
Georgia, deserve to know the truth. I am grateful that the Aiken 
Standard has filed a Freedom of Information Act request in pursuit of 
the cost analysis.
  We should be working together for environmental cleanup, for 
nonproliferation compliance, and for national security to support the 
Savannah River Site in its vital mission with dedicated employees.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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