U.S. to Pay SC $600M in Settlement Over Remaining Plutonium at Savannah River Site
“Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Monday that the State of South Carolina and the United States have reached a settlement to end litigation related to weapons-grade plutonium that was relocated to the Savannah River Site in the early 2000s,” reports WSPA Staff in WSPA News.
“According to the settlement, the U.S. will pay South Carolina $600 million immediately and the Department of Energy says they will remove the plutonium by 2037.”
“The settlement ends six years of litigation related to the remaining 9.5 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium.”
