Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White toured the Savannah River Site on Feb. 17 and 18.
Office of Environmental Management
February 22, 2022
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, fifth from right, and EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White, second from right, toured the Savannah River Site on Feb. 17 and 18. Also pictured are, from left, Thomas Johnson, DOE-Savannah River deputy manager; Tony Polk, director, Savannah River Laboratory Office; Mike Budney, DOE-Savannah River manager; Sue Clark, deputy director, Science and Technology, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL); Dr. Vahid Majidi, director, SRNL; and Sharon Marra, deputy director, SRNL.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks with Harris Eldridge with Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), at left, while on a tour of the shielded cells facility at SRNL.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm toured the shielded cells facility during a visit to the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). The laboratory’s shielded cell work enables safe handling of radioactive materials and supports the cleanup of legacy waste at the Savannah River Site and other DOE facilities. Also pictured is Jeff Mixon with SRNL.
Mark Doyle, facility representative, gives Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm a firsthand look inside the melt cell of the Savannah River Site’s Defense Waste Processing Facility. Here, high-activity radioactive waste is heated at high temperatures, melted and poured into stainless-steel canisters. The vitrified waste hardens in the canister, a form safe for long-term disposal.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm pushes the button to weld a canister in the Defense Waste Processing Facility as Matt Still, senior production operator, gives instruction.
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