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The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is a multi-program national laboratory for the U.S.
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’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management. SRNL is located at the
Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River, southeast of August ...
(SRS) near Jackson, South Carolina. It was founded in 1951, as the Savannah River Laboratory. It was certified as a national laboratory on May 7, 2004. SRNL research topics include environmental remediation, technologies for the
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, handling of hazardous materials and technologies for prevention of nuclear proliferation. It has specific experience in
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of nuclear waste and hydrogen storage initially developed to support production of
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and
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at the Savannah River Site during the Cold War. SRNL is a founding member of the South Carolina Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Alliance (SCHFCA). SRNL employs 980 people and has an annual programmatic budget of 249 million U.S. Dollars (2017). SRNL was operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy from 2008 to 2021. The LLC is a partnership between
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, Newport News Nuclear, Inc. (a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries) and Honeywell International. In 2020, the Department of Energy approved a split in the SRS Maintenance and Operations contract. The agency awarded the SRNL M&O contract to Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA), retaining Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the maintenance and operations of the Savannah River Site. BSRA is wholly owned by Battelle Memorial Institute and partners with five regional universities. Contract transition was completed in 2021.


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Savannah River Site The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reservation in the United States in the state of South Carolina, located on land in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties adjacent to the Savannah River, southeast of August ...
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Official website for Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)Official website for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS)Official website for the Savannah River Site (SRS)
Buildings and structures in Aiken County, South Carolina United States Department of Energy national laboratories Federally Funded Research and Development Centers Savannah River Site Research institutes in South Carolina {{US-gov-stub