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Overview of Savannah River Site (SRS) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)
Dr. Mary K HarrisDirector, Computational Sciences
February 8th, 2012
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SRS Snapshot198,334 acres,
or about 310 square miles
Fourth largest DOE site in the United States (behind Nevada Test Site, Idaho National Laboratory and Hanford Site)
SRS workforce: Approximately 10,000
Prime contractor (about 58 percent)
DOE-SR and DOE-NNSA
Other contractors
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Chronology of the Savannah River Site
Sept. 23, 1949
President Truman announced Russia tested its first atomic weapon
June 12, 1950
Atomic Energy Commission asked E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company to undertake a new atomic project
Du Pont built SRS and operated it for nearly 40 years
April 1, 1989
Washington Savannah River Company took the reins as SRS’s prime contractor
August 1, 2008
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions assumed responsibility for SRS management and operations
July 1, 2009
Savannah River Remediation now in charge of liquid waste disposition
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Initial Construction Facts39 million cubic yards (a wall 10 feet high and 6 feet wide from Atlanta, GA to Portland, OR)
1.5 million cubic yards (a highway six inches thick and 20 feet wide from Atlanta, GA to Philadelphia, PA)
118,000 tons (a train 30 miles long)
27,000 tons (a train eight miles long)
85 million board feet (enough for 15,000 homes)
230 miles of new roads (including South Carolina’s first clover leaf intersection)
63 miles of permanent new track
2 million
All of the 304L and 316L stainless steel available in the United States from 1951 through 1953
Earth moved
Concrete
Reinforcing steel
Structural steel
Lumber
Roads
Railroads
Blueprints
Process Steel
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Site HistoryThe Atomic Energy Commission
builds a nuclear weapons complex
F Canyon in 1952
H Canyon in 1952
Tank construction
in the late 1970s
R Reactor in 1951
Six South Carolina towns moved; 6,000 people relocated
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Historical Facts of Note
1956: Neutrino was discovered by Fred Reines and Clyde Cowan – P Reactor. 1995 Physics Nobel Prize
1961: University of Georgia founded the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) to study effects of radiation on the environment
1972: SRS designated as a National Environmental Research Park
1980’s: Produced Pu-238 for NASA’s deep space exploration program
Environmental Cleanup began under the RCRA program
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Production YearsProduce and recover nuclear materials
Tritium
Plutonium 238
Plutonium 239
Facilities
Five reactors
Two chemical separations plants
Heavy water extraction plant
Nuclear fuel and target fabrication facility
Waste management facilities
SRS produced about 36 metric tons of plutonium from 1953-1988
End of Cold War meant a whole different philosophy and approach to the nuclear arsenal
H Canyon and HB
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Where We Are Today
~$2 billion site budget
50 percent is EM
50 percent is NNSA
The contracts
Management & Operations
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Comprised of Fluor, Newport News Nuclear and Honeywell
Liquid Waste
Savannah River Remediation
Comprised of URS, Babcock & Wilcox, Bechtel and CH2M Hill
Separate contracts for other major projects
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SRS’s Missions Today
K Area K Area ComplexComplex
TRU waste being TRU waste being loaded for loaded for shipmentshipment
Spent fuel being Spent fuel being unloaded in L Areaunloaded in L Area
One of many One of many scientists in SRNLscientists in SRNL
Demolition work Demolition work inside P Reactorinside P Reactor
Old Radioactive Waste Old Radioactive Waste Burial Ground during Burial Ground during
remediationremediation
Operations inside the Operations inside the Tritium Extraction Tritium Extraction FacilityFacility
Shipments from the HEU Shipments from the HEU Blend Down programBlend Down program
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New Missions~$8 billion over 20 years
Disposition of 34 tons excess weapons-usable plutonium
Three new facilities
Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility
Pit Disassembly and Conversion
Waste Solidification Building
Began construction Aug. 1, 2007; being built and operated by Shaw AREVA MOX Services
In design phase Supports both MOX and PDC; groundbreaking in January 2009; currently under construction
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SRNL Organization
Dr. Anthony (Tony) E. BurrisAssociate Laboratory Director for
National Security ProgramsDr. Jeffrey (Jeff) C. GriffinAssociate Laboratory Director for
Environmental Stewardship
Dr. Terry A. MichalskeExecutive Vice President
& Laboratory Director
Dr. John E. MarraAssociate Laboratory Director for
Science & Technology
David E. EylerSenior Vice President &
Deputy Laboratory Director
Debra BatesExecutive Assistant
Dr. Thomas (Tom) L. SandersAssociate Laboratory Director for
Clean Energy
Richard (Rick) M. SpragueAssociate Laboratory Director for
Nuclear Materials Program IntegrationFrederick (Freddie) M. Grimm
Director, Research Operations
Diane McGeeExecutive Assistant
Wendolyn S. HollandDirector of Strategic Development
and Technical Partnerships
Margaret (Peggy) A. DavisBusiness Manager and SRNS CFO
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Began operation in 1953 Original mission:
■ Reactor research■ Chemical separations■ Tritium/Hydrogen support■ Environmental science and monitoring
Changing mission:■ End of Cold War in 80’s focus on safe
containment disposition/clean up/D&D■ Response to 9/11 homeland security
initiatives■ Need for energy independence dual use
of hydrogen technology
SRNL brought technological support to nation’s cold war efforts
Early Days of the Laboratory
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Savannah River Laboratory - established 1951
R&D to support the Savannah River Plant’s mission of producing nuclear materials for the national defense
Savannah River Technology Center - 1992
Continued support to Savannah River Site (SRS)
Diversified technological focus
Savannah River National Laboratory - 2004
Expanded role for DOE/EM and broader national security missions
Evolution of SRNL
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SRNL at a Glance
• 1000 Staff; ~ $250M (FY10)• Safest DOE National Laboratory• Broad Science and Engineering Capabilities
– Nuclear Materials Detection, Handling and Processing– Light Elements
SRNL FY10 Revenue
Multi-Program Laboratory
Energy Security
NationalSecurity EM
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National Laboratory Injury & Illness Data Per 200,000 Hours Worked, CY 2010
Note: Data obtained from DOE Computerized Accident/Incident Reporting System (CAIRS)
2010 MTC Rate 2010 DART Rate
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Aerial View of SRNL
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Our Facilities
SRNL Main Campus
Aiken County’s Savannah River Research Campus
Hydrogen Technology Research Laboratory
Aiken County Technology Laboratory
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Nuclear Defense
Plutonium Technology
Homeland Security
Nonproliferation
Nuclear Forensics
• Hydrogen Production and Storage
• Nuclear Fuel Cycle R&D• Renewable Energy
Research
Environmental Management
• Waste Treatment• Materials Stabilization
and Disposition• Remediation and Cleanup • Assessments and Verification
SRS Tritium Facilities
National and Homeland Security
Energy Security
Multi-Program National Laboratory
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Environmental Management
Small Column Ion Exchange module
Rotary Microfilter
National and Homeland Security Energy Security
Testing SODAR to measure off-shore wind
FBI Forensics
Tracking and tagging technology
Porous wall hollow glass microspheres
SRNL Innovation Impacts Broad National Priorities
CCR Collaboration Award
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South Carolina Consortium for Offshore Wind
Advance the sustainable development of offshore renewable energy to include wind and hydrokinetic resources:
Partners:
SRNL, Clemson University (CURI), Santee Cooper, Coastal Carolina University, Second Wind, CMMC, LLC, Center for Hydrogen Research, Coast Guard, Fluor
Characterize onshore & offshore wind and marine resources
Install wind turbines for Educational Outreach
Develop SC business strategy to further deployment
Three year grant September 2011
Conduct research for design conditions for offshore wind energy structures
CCU, NREL, MMI Engineering
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Wind Research Activities
Increase fidelity of vertical profile
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Met Tower SodarWind Turbine
Secondwind Triton Deploy & test Sonic Wind Profiler (200m vertical) SODAR (sound
detection and ranging)
Center for Hydrogen ResearchInstall 2 wind turbines Integrate with 25
Kw regenerative fuel cell and solar
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT)
installed on ocean front
Meteorological tower installation on Goat Island
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Wind Drivetrain Test Facility
Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI), with multiple partners, including SRNL wins DOE project proposal for $45M for test facility, with $51M in-kind from state entities.
7.5 MW and 15 MW test stands, largest in world when completed
Pier, drydock and Bldg 69.
Groundbreaking at CURI October 28, 2010
15 MW dynamometer
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SRNL has announced agreements with Hyperion and GE that, with DOE approval, could lead to deployment of a small modular nuclear reactors at SRS
The Future: Clean Energy Initiative
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Business Segments
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National Security
Enhance national security by providing innovative, customized solutions to the global nuclear
nonproliferation and detection, counter proliferation, deterrence and threat reduction challenges
through the innovative application of unique nuclear materials, technology and systems assets at SRS
Clean Energy
Accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy through public and private partnerships that solve critical
nuclear material storage, processing and disposition challenges, and use our broader expertise to
support regional energy sustainability while maintaining environmental health
Environmental Stewardship
Transform liabilities into assets to reduce the environmental legacy of nuclear materials and
radioactive waste at SRS in a way that utilizes technology to provide innovative solutions to speed and
improve SRS processing and leverages these solutions to other DOE and non-DOE locations and
customers
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SRNL/SRS Expertise - Key Component in our Nation’s Security
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Enterprise SRS Vision
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