savannah river site (usdoe)

BETWEEN SC 125 & US 278

SRS facilities were constructed during the early 1950s to produce the basic materials used in the fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239, for the nation’s defense programs. Five reactors were built on the site. The reactors produced nuclear materials by irradiating target materials with neutrons. Other facilities built included two chemical separation plants, a heavy water extraction plant, a nuclear fuel and target fabrication facility and waste management facilities. Production of nuclear materials for the defense programs was discontinued in 1988. Since 1988, non-defense-related activities have continued at SRS. SRS has provided nuclear materials for the space program, as well as for medical, industrial and research efforts up to the present day. SRS currently employs over 11,000 people and is one of the largest employers in South Carolina. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS) is responsible for site management and operations and employs a majority of the site’s workforce. SRS was placed on EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL) of contaminated sites in 1989.

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