The numbers are in, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management shipped the largest volume of its transuranic waste for disposal from the Savannah River Site in a decade during the past fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
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The Savannah River Site has achieved a milestone with more than 10 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste processed through the Salt Waste Processing Facility.
A record amount of radioactivity has been reduced over the last two years in waste tanks at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's Savannah River Site.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact in the Southeast, the Savannah River Site mobilized teams from Savannah River Nuclear Solutions Site Services, SRS Emergency Response Organization, SRS Fire Department, Centerra-SRS and U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service–Savannah River to address extensive damage, repairs and recovery efforts across the site.
In a collaborative effort to support local relief agencies recovering from Hurricane Helene, nearly 40,000 ready-to-eat meals were recently distributed by the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy-Savannah River and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management received concurrence this month from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the Savannah River Site has successfully removed waste from Tank 9 and may now proceed to the next step in the closure process for that tank.
An effort to improve the lifespan and resiliency of a communication tower against extreme weather events at the Savannah River Site has garnered the U.S. Department of Energy Sustainability Award for Outstanding Climate Resilience Project.
The Savannah River Site recently completed construction of a much-needed renovation of a key access control gate at the 310-square-mile nuclear facility.