March 19, 2024
Waste Management Wrap-up: From Cleanup to Clean Energy
A perfect fit for this year’s Waste Management Symposia theme, “Proud of our Past, Poised for the Future,” this panel focused on the past 50 years of environmental remediation and engaged with the audience on challenges and opportunities as cleanup progress continues.
March 19, 2024
Direct Waste Transfers Optimize Process at Savannah River Site
EM’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) this month marked the first direct transfer of decontaminated waste from the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF), an important new step in optimizing waste processing.
March 19, 2024
Team Sponsored by SRS Advances to DOE's National Science Bowl
Future scientists, engineers and mathematicians recently put their knowledge to the test during the annual DOE Savannah River Regional Science Bowl Competition, which attracted nine teams from South Carolina and the greater Augusta, Georgia, area.
March 12, 2024
Turk, White Envision EM Sites as Hubs for Economic Development, Clean Energy
In the half century since the inception of the Waste Management Symposia, many EM sites have come full circle, cleaned and transformed into wildlife refuges, wetland preserves and national parks, U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk remarked in a prerecorded video message to the audience at the annual conference.
March 12, 2024
Request for Qualifications Issued for Generating Clean Energy at Savannah River Site
DOE issued a request for qualification related to the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative to identify and evaluate qualified clean energy developers interested in leasing DOE-owned land for solar-powered commercial clean energy projects within the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site (SRS) located in Aiken, South Carolina.
February 27, 2024
Canines Come Together at Savannah River Site for Detection Trials
The award-winning Savannah River Site (SRS) Canine Program helped host 27 teams from South Carolina and North Carolina as they participated in annual trials of the nation’s oldest and largest police canine organization.
February 27, 2024
Nearly 1,500 Students ‘Discover Engineering’ With SRS Volunteers
Forty engineers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) recently helped 1,484 area middle school students explore engineering with 72 hands-on activities.
February 20, 2024
Savannah River Site Tops 15 Million Gallons of Salt Waste Processed
The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) liquid waste program has processed more than 15 million gallons of radioactive salt waste since 2008 through the work of three major facilities.
February 20, 2024
At 75 Years Old, H Canyon Continues to Adapt to Changing SRS Missions
EM workers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) reconfigured equipment for changing mission needs at H Canyon, a testament to the flexibility of the chemical separations facility that is more than 75 years old and the only one of its kind in operation in the United States.
February 13, 2024
EM Employees, Teams Win Big With Eight of Secretary’s Honor Awards
EM racked up eight of the Secretary’s Honor Awards for 2023, with DOE recognizing two employees at the Savannah River Site (SRS) for excellence and six teams from the Idaho, Hanford, Portsmouth and Oak Ridge sites for achievements.