CPI Criticizes Cost Overruns By Department of Energy

摘要

As part of a series of articles on nuclear waste, the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) has criticized cost overruns by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the mixed oxide fuel (MOX) plant being built at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, S.C. The watchdog group, based in Washington, D.C., reported that in 2002, the plant was estimated to cost $1 billion and was to start operating by 2007. "It began with good intentions, but has since been hijacked in part by Washington's dysfunctional, money-driven politics and pork-barrel mentality," CPI said.