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A recent partnering initiative between Savannah River Site (SRS) contractors, national laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is expected to lead to a more effective solvent used to extract radionuclides from radioactive salt waste currently inside the Site’s underground waste tanks.

The new solvent, developed primarily by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is called the Next Generation Solvent (NGS). NGS is designed to be similar to the solvent currently used, but laboratory testing at ORNL and Savannah River National Laboratory indicate it is more effective in extracting cesium from the salt waste. The extraction of cesium is necessary before the waste can be dispositioned.

In 2012, the improved performance characteristics of NGS are to be evaluated in full-scale equipment at the Parsons Test Facility for its potential to increase the rate at which the waste can be decontaminated through the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF).

SrS Partnering leads Toward Deployment of New Chemical extraction Solvent

Carmen Landy (center), Executive Director

of Helping Hands, Inc., accepts a $500

check recently from Savannah River

Remediation (SRR) employees Mike Young

(left) and Jerry James.

The presentation was part of SRR’s Zero

Injuries campaign. When SRR employees

work a month without any injuries that

result in days away from work, the company

presents a $500 check to a local charity

selected by the employees.

Helping Hands, Inc., was selected for

December 2011. Since beginning the Zero

Injuries Campaign in August 2009, SRR has

donated $14,000 to local charities.

Zero injuries Nets

$500 to helping hands

The Next Generation Solvent was received recently at

the Parsons Technology Center in Aiken where it will be

tested for possible use as the next solvent that extracts

radionuclides from radioactive salt waste.

last Piece of equipment Delivered for Srr through recovery ActThe final procurement in the $200 million American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for Savannah

River Remediation (SRR) was received in December 2011,

completing the delivery of needed equipment purchased

under the program.

A 4,000 pound, 24-foot long remote cell transfer pump

that cost $1.7 million was delivered and accepted in

December, completing the procurement of over $20 million

of equipment to enhance liquid waste operations at the

Savannah River Site.

It took over a year for the pump to be procured, fabricated,

tested and delivered. It will be used in the highly

contaminated environment within the Defense Waste

Processing Facility to supply water to scrubbers that are

used to remove highly radioactive particulates from the

facility’s melter off-gas flow stream.

SRR received the $200 million ARRA allotment in September

2009 and went to work on 41 separate projects. The work

scope was completed in December 2011. All that remains

will be final project paperwork closeout, which is targeted for

this month.

Savannah River Remediation (SRR) LLC is the Savannah River Site’s (SRS) Liquid Waste contractor. SRS is owned by DOE. SRR is composed of personnel from a team of companies led by URS with partners

Bechtel National, CH2M Hill and Babcock & Wilcox. Critical subcontractors for the contract are AREVA, Energy Solutions and URS Safety Management Solutions. For more information, contact the SRR Public

Affairs Department: Dean Campbell at 803.208-8270, or log on to www.SRRemediation.com

Srr Accepting Applications for School GrantsSavannah River Remediation (SRR), the liquid waste contractor at Savannah River Site (SRS), is accepting applications

for educational grants from area public elementary schools to support teachers in their work to educate their students in

mathematics and science.

The Student, Teachers Achieving Results (STAR) grants will be awarded directly to public elementary schools to provide

funding for science and mathematics instructional kits that are proven tools teachers can use to help students achieve

next-level learning through the use of manipulatives and problem solving. By focusing on problem-solving, these kits are

designed to reinforce and expand learning.

Public elementary schools in Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield and Orangeburg school districts in South

Carolina, and Columbia and Richmond counties in Georgia are eligible to receive the funds.

Grant winners will be recognized at a reception on May 24, 2012.

Members of the SRR ARRA Defense Waste Processing Facility

Replacement Equipment Project Team stand next to a transfer

pump, which was the last piece of equipment procured under

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program. Team

members are (back row, from left) Robert Smith and Randy

Neuville and (front row, from left) Bill Pepper and Al Stuart.