DOE Expects SRS Nuclear Ops to Resume This Week

The Energy Department expects that all nonessential nuclear operations will resume at the Savannah River Site this week, after 400 grams of plutonium placed in a container not marked for transport forced site contractor Savannah River Nuclear Solutions on Sept. 3 to shut down all nonessential nuclear and non-nuclear operations, Monica Regalbuto, assistant secretary of energy for environmental management, said yesterday during DOE’s first National Cleanup Workshop in Arlington, Va. “This was exactly the right action to take,” she said of the suspension. “I believe the contractor and the department took the right actions.”