The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) and its liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) have completed canister storage modifications in one of two glass waste storage buildings (GWSB), effectively doubling that facility’s waste storage capacity and avoiding construction of a third storage building.
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In the half century since the inception of the Waste Management Symposia, many EM sites have come full circle, cleaned and transformed into wildlife refuges, wetland preserves and national parks, U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk remarked in a prerecorded video message to the audience at the annual conference.
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DOE issued a request for qualification related to the Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative to identify and evaluate qualified clean energy developers interested in leasing DOE-owned land for solar-powered commercial clean energy projects within the 310-square-mile Savannah River Site (SRS) located in Aiken, South Carolina.