A Cold War-era nuclear facility poisoned Georgians, ... violated environmental regulations in their plan for producing plutonium pits for nuclear weapons at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.

The Savannah River Site produced plutonium for nuclear weapons and the space program during the Cold War and efforts are underway to clean up that waste by 2037. Another of Wright's goals was to ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of workers who manage nuclear waste at places like the Savannah River Site in the CSRA. The about-face has left staff ...

There will continue to be a significant need for the talented workers at the Savannah River Site to support NNSA’s enduring nuclear security missions." On 18 October, US Senator Tim Scott made a ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) operates a 310-square-mile site at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina, to supply and process tritium, a radioactive form of ...

James Dawkins has been appointed executive vice president and National Nuclear Security Administration chief operations officer at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the executive shared on ...

Savannah River Site – Aiken, South Carolina Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) – Carlsbad, New Mexico Y-12 National Security Complex / Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Oak Ridge, Tennessee ...

The Savannah River Site was constructed in 1950 to produce plutonium-239, tritium and other materials used to build nuclear weapons. Legacy waste at the facility — which predates WIPP’s ...

The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has reached a settlement agreement with MOX Services and its parent companies to resolve all contract closeout matters ...

Viewed through thick protective glass in 2013, workers sandblast large stainless steel tanks to rid them of contaminants at the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site near ...

This undated photo shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. On Oct. 3, 2024, a federal judge ruled that some nuclear sites in the U.S. violated rules and environmental ...

This year’s meeting was in Atlanta, Georgia, with a tour of Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The Savannah River Site formerly focused on plutonium and tritium production for nuclear ...