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Department of Energy - Savannah River Site
The Savannah River site (SRS) occupies approximately 310 square miles of land adjacent to the Savannah River, principally in Aiken and Barnwell counties of western South Carolina. SRS is a secured U.S. Government facility with no permanent residents, and is located approximately 25 miles southeast of Augusta, Georgia and 20 miles south of Aiken, South Carolina.
The primary mission of SRS was to produce tritium, plutonium-239, and other special nuclear materials for our nations's defense programs. Production of nuclear materials for the defense programs was discontinued in 1988. SRS has provided nuclear materials for the space program, as well as for medical, industrial, and research efforts up to the present. Chemical and radioactive wastes are by-products of nuclear material production processes. These wastes have been treated, stored, and in some cases, disposed at SRS. Past disposal practices have resulted in soil and groundwater contamination. EPA, SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, and US DOE are now addressing these releases under a RCRA permit and CERCLA 120 Federal Facility Agreement.
- Savannah
River Site Operations Office
- Savannah
River Ecology Laboratory
- Savannah
River Site Citizens Advisory Board
- Department of Energy Office
of Environmental Management
- SRS Environmental Restoration
Site Summary
- Consortium
for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (CRESP)