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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:28:32 -0000

Over the past three days, teacher LaLisa Folk learned about the Savannah River Site, the Environmental Protection Agency, nuclear energy and the nuclear industry, reactor design and the basics of radiation.
For the past decade, the U.S. Department of Energy has hosted the TREAT workshop for teachers - Teaching Radiation, Energy and Technology. The program is funded through an environmental grant with Savannah State University.

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aikenstandard.com - Engineer details SRS deactivation projects

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:30:08 -0000

Since 2002, a total of 263 buildings at the Savannah River Site have been torn down, said John Gilmour, chief engineer for deactivation and decommission.\nOnly four of those buildings met the criteria as nuclear facilities and needed extensive coordination with federal and state regulators, Gilmour told Rotary Club of Aiken members Monday.

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Nuclear waste dump is closed 062008 - The Augusta Chronicle

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:34:03 -0000

On Thursday, Savannah River Site celebrated the end of an 18-year, $56 million project to formally close the 76-acre area that once served as the site's primary burial ground for low-level nuclear waste.

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The State | 05/23/2008 | $2.7B contract for S.C. nuclear fuel plant announced

Tue, 27 May 2008 18:37:19 -0000

AIKEN — The U.S. Energy Department has finalized a $2.7 billion contract with a French company to build a South Carolina plant where weapons-grade plutonium will be converted into commercial reactor fuel, the company announced today.

The modified contract allows Shaw Areva MOX Services to complete construction of the facility at the Savannah River nuclear complex near Aiken, said Shaw spokesman Sean Clancy. The facility for converting weapons-grade plutonium into a mixed-oxide fuel to be burned in commercial nuclear power reactors would be the first of its kind in the U.S

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aiken standard: SRNS to make offer to majority of workers

Tue, 20 May 2008 18:22:48 -0000

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will make job offers to about 99 percent of the current management and operations employees at the Savannah River Site, and most can expect the same pay and benefits.
That was a key message from CEO Chuck Munns at a town hall meeting at USC Aiken Friday. SRNS will take over management of the site from the Washington Savannah River Company around Aug. 1.

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aikenstandard: Senate panel boosts SRS budget total

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:02:57 -0000

The Senate Defense Authorization Bill that was passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee had better news than expected for the Savannah River Site.\nThe portion of SRS funded through that part of the federal government was pegged to get an allocation next year of $1.28 billion which is $74 million more than was in President Bush's request for the Site.

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SRS to receive more than $1 billion in federal funding

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:01:15 -0000

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today said he was very pleased Savannah River Site is in line to receive increased funding under the 2008 Defense Authorization bill.

Graham is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The bill passed committee unanimously and will now be sent to the full Senate.

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DOE Confirms Fluor-Led Winning Team at Savannah River Site

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:14:32 -0000

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that the Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed its January 2008 selection of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, a Fluor-led team, as the winning bidder for the management and operating (M&O) contract at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. The estimated $4 billion contract is over a five-year period. Additionally, there are five, one-year renewal options bringing the potential total contract value to $8 billion. To date, no specific contract amounts have been booked into Fluor’s backlog. Fluor expects to start booking earnings from the M&O contract into backlog in the third quarter of 2008.

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SRS Begins New Era Of Salt Processing - News - Augusta, GA

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:41:55 -0000

AIKEN, S.C. (April 22) -- According to a press release, the Department of Energys (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) began to accept radioactive salt waste solution at the Actinide Removal Process (ARP) and Modular Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (MCU) facilities, where the salt waste will be decontaminated, ushering in a new era of salt waste processing.

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