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K Area Nuclear Material Management CenterK Area Complex
The K Area Complex provides for the handling and interim storage of our nation’s excess plutonium and other special nuclear materials as well as fulfills the US commitment to international nonproliferation efforts in a safe and environmentally sound manner. SRS is also the recognized leader for managing the plutonium surveillance program throughout the DOE Complex. READ FACT SHEET

Glovebox WorkGlovebox Work

H CanyonH Canyon
Located at SRS , H Canyon is the only hardened nuclear chemical separations plant still in operation in the U.S. The facility’s operations historically recovered uranium-235 and neptunium-237 from aluminum-clad, enriched-uranium fuel tubes from Site nuclear reactors and other domestic and foreign research reactors using a chemical separations process. READ FACT SHEET

Defense Waste Processing FacilityDefense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF)
The largest radioactive waste
glassification plant in the world,
the Defense Waste Processing
Facility (DWPF) converts the
liquid nuclear waste currently stored at the Savannah River Site (SRS) into a solid glass form suitable for long-term storage and disposal. READ FACT SHEET
R Reactor DissasemblyR Reactor Dissasembly
Water forms a rainbow during American Recovery and Reinvestment Act demolition work
at the Disassembly Basin in R Area at the Savannah River Site.
L Area Receiving BasinL Area Receiving Basin
Since 1996, the L Area Complex has received about 10,400 used
nuclear fuel (UNF) assemblies in 506 casks from off-site sources. Fuel types include high and low enriched uranium used fuel. The L Area Complex has received and handled about 10 different UNF transportation casks weighing up to 65,000 pounds. READ FACT SHEET

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