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Relocating
People and Towns
Building SRS meant about 6,000 people
had to be relocated from their homes in six towns
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Construction
Begins at SRS
The site began in July 1950. Soon, a construction
force numbering more than 38,000 was at work.
The amount of steel used was equal to a train
38 miles long.
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Nuclear
Reactors Built to Produce Tritium & Plutonium
During the early 1950's SRS began to produce materials used in nuclear weapons,
primarily tritium and plutonium-239. Five reactors were built to produce nuclear
materials.
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Canyons
Build to Process Fuel Rods
Irradiated
materials were moved from the
reactors to one of the two chemical
separations
plants. In these facilities,
known as "canyons," the
irradiated fuel and target assemblies
were chemically processed to
separate useful
products from waste.
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