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“IMPORTANCE OF THE MOX FACILITY” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H641 on Feb. 9, 2016.
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IMPORTANCE OF THE MOX FACILITY
(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, today in the President's budget proposal, sadly, the President terminated funding to the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX) at the Savannah River site. I am disappointed the President has not acknowledged how crucial MOX is to environmental cleanup and promoting nonproliferation.
Support for MOX is bipartisan, as shown by former New Mexico Governor and Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson, along with former Senator Richard Lugar. Both are experts who advocate the completion of the facility. Today, MOX is 70 percent completed, and there is no viable alternative for eliminating plutonium. What is more, closing MOX would make South Carolina and Georgia a permanent repository for nuclear waste.
MOX is also critical to upholding our nonproliferation agreement with the Russian Federation.
I am grateful for the leadership of Governor Nikki Haley along with Attorney General Alan Wilson, who have already filed a lawsuit against the Department of Energy to enforce the law for South Carolina's agreement with the Federal Government.
In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.
Thank you, Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, for eliminating Osama bin Laden.
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