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It was founded in 1951, as the Savannah River Laboratory as a research, development and manufacturing center for tritium production from lithium. The intended end use of the tritium was in nuclear fusion weapons (such as hydrogen bomb ), as well as in thermonuclear fusion reactors for civilian use.
In 1950, the federal government requested that DuPont build and operate a nuclear facility to make heavy water and tritium near the Savannah River in South Carolina. The company had expertise in nuclear operations, having designed and built the plutonium production complex at the Hanford site for the Manhattan Project during World War II.
Battelle Savannah River Alliance (Since 2021) [13] 900 US$400,000,000 [14] Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1910 Department of Energy 1,400 US$681,000,000 Morgantown, West Virginia, 1946 Albany, Oregon, 2005 Office of Nuclear Energy; Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
Sep. 6—Work continues at the Savannah River Site to transform the Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility into a plutonium pit production facility. The South Carolina Department of Health and ...
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Jul. 6—Savannah River Nuclear Solutions has one less parent company. Honeywell announced Wednesday that it sold its part of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions to fellow parents Fluor and Newport ...
Originally focusing on contract research and development work in the areas of metals and material science, Battelle is now an international science and technology enterprise that explores emerging areas of science, develops and commercializes technology, and manages laboratories for customers.
Jul. 18—The head of the company managing and operating the Savannah River Site is retiring. Stuart MacVean, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions president and CEO since 2016, recently sent a letter ...