Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site is a nuclear materials processing center in the US state of South Carolina, located on land adjacent to the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia. It is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the Washington Savannah River Company (WSRC), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Washington Group International.
The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons.
U.S. Highway 278 runs through the site, but access is controlled.
Currently none of the reactors on-site are operating .The site is engaged mainly in clean-up activities related to work done in the past making nuclear weapons. Future plans for the site cover a wide range of options, including host to research reactors, a reactor park for power generation and tritium manufacture, a "Modern Pit Facility" to build triggers for the next generation of US nuclear weapons, including tactical field weapons ("mini-nukes"). DOE and its corporate partners are watch dogged by a loose combination of local, regional and national groups.
The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons.
U.S. Highway 278 runs through the site, but access is controlled.
Currently none of the reactors on-site are operating .The site is engaged mainly in clean-up activities related to work done in the past making nuclear weapons. Future plans for the site cover a wide range of options, including host to research reactors, a reactor park for power generation and tritium manufacture, a "Modern Pit Facility" to build triggers for the next generation of US nuclear weapons, including tactical field weapons ("mini-nukes"). DOE and its corporate partners are watch dogged by a loose combination of local, regional and national groups.
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