High-Level & Tank Waste

DOE Reviews New SWPF Baseline Proposal

By Photo of Staff Reports

A new project baseline proposal for the Savannah River Site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) was recently submitted by Parsons and is currently under review by the U.S. Department of Energy, an agency spokesperson confirmed this week in an email.
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