An aerial view of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site.
The Savannah River Site, a 310-square-mile-site in Aiken, South Carolina, focused on the production of plutonium and tritium for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons from its inception in the early 1950s until the end of the Cold War. In 1992, the focus at SRS turned to environmental cleanup, nuclear materials management, and research and development activities.
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Michael D. Budney, Site Manager
Budget
| FY21 Enacted (In the millions) |
FY22 Enacted (In the millions) |
FY23 Requested (In the millions) |
| $1,703 | $1,757 | $1,724 |
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More than 100 educators, students and DOE employees gathered over two days last week for the inaugural EM Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (EM MSIPP) Competitive Research Awards Workshop.
August 16, 2022
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EM has begun preparing for construction of three Saltstone Disposal Units (SDUs) at Savannah River Site (SRS) — the final ones planned to complete the site’s liquid waste mission.
August 16, 2022
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A team of engineers at EM’s Savannah River Site (SRS) has been recognized nationally for their outstanding paper submission for the Waste Management (WM) 2022 Conference held earlier this year.
August 2, 2022
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About 25 local middle and high school teachers came together recently at the Augusta Technical College’s satellite location in Waynesboro, Georgia for the Teaching Radiation, Energy and Technology (TREAT) Workshop.
July 26, 2022
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Purchasing environmentally friendly products is a longtime goal of EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project, and the site has been recognized for it for a third year in a row.
July 26, 2022
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EM is reducing radiological exposure, reducing costs and minimizing facility downtime at the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by using existing facilities to rebuild critical equipment onsite.
July 26, 2022
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The previous EM Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid waste contractor, Savannah River Remediation (SRR), recently earned an overall “excellent” performance rating and nearly $16 million or 95.5% of the available fee.
July 26, 2022
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Advancements in technology research and development (R&D) enable EM to continue making steady progress in cleaning up sites in communities that supported U.S. defense efforts over the decades, EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White told Congress on July 13
July 19, 2022
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EM and its cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are employing an innovative method to tackle groundwater cleanup at a former coal-fired power plant in D Area at the site.
July 19, 2022
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The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) Environmental Monitoring Program has become the framework for a new nationally applied nuclear industry standard.
July 12, 2022
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