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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has received a shipment of replacement centrifugal contactors for the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at Savannah River Site (SRS), which should increase production at the facility by reducing the amount of downtime for maintenance.
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A team of federal contractor and national laboratory engineers and scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has been nationally distinguished as “Heroes of Chemistry” for making the world better through their effort, ingenuity, creativity and perseverance.