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The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a nuclear reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties adjacent to the Savannah River, 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Augusta, Georgia. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons. It covers 310 square miles (800 km2) and employs more than 10,000 people.


It is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The management and operating contract is held by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC (SRNS), and the Liquid Waste Operations contract is held by Savannah River Remediation, which is a team of companies led by URS Corp.

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During a visit earlier this month to the Savannah River Site nuclear reservation in Georgia he called this task his biggest challenge, according to a report in Government Technology. “The thing that I'm really most concerned that's in our wheelhouse (is) cyber-security, and our ability to protect and defend this ...

During a visit earlier ths month to the Savannah River Site nuclear reservation in Georgia he called this task his biggest challenge, according to a report in Government Technology. “The thing that I'm really most concerned that's in our wheelhouse (is) cybersecurity, and our ability to protect and defend this ...
During a recent tour of the Savannah River nuclear site and the Savannah River National Laboratory, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry discussed the ... (TNS) — U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told Savannah River Site workers on Friday that cybersecurity is “the biggest challenge I've got” in the national ...
With the Savannah River Site encompassing 310 square miles, tours provide the public with an opportunity to see and learn about current activities and future missions, as well as many historic and operational facilities that were responsible for the production of plutonium and tritium during the Cold War.
AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – Transforming Savannah River Site into a compelling place to work is helping the nuclear reservation retain more employees. Eye-catching new signs, informative banners and more dining options for employees are some of the changes happening within the gates of Savannah River ...
ATLANTA -- Georgia's utility regulators are allowing construction to continue on two new nuclear reactors despite massive cost overruns for the multibillion-dollar project. Thursday's unanimous decision by the state's Public Service Commission will shape the future of the nation's nuclear industry, partly ...
On Friday, one inland area still well within Irma's threat zone was the Savannah River Site: a sprawling 310-square-mile nuclear reservation in South Carolina that borders northeast Georgia. During the Cold War, scientists and technicians there produced weapons-grade bomb material for the US military as ...
Will production of plutonium pits used in nuclear warheads shift from New Mexico to the Savannah River Site? One nuclear watchdog group fears so, based on remarks made during a recent nuclear symposium in Los Alamos, New Mexico. But other nuclear observers say discussion of pit production ...
The letter said, “The Defense Nuclear facilities Safety Board is concerned that due to structural degradation, the H-Canyon Exhaust Tunnel at Savannah River Site may not be able to perform its important safety class function during and following a design basis earthquake. The Department of Energy ...
For instance, at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, which opened in the 1950s and produced plutonium and tritium, the government is laboring to ... In addition to the tunnel collapse discovered Tuesday, dozens of underground storage tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state ...


 

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