EM boss Walsh to discuss South Carolina nuclear future

The Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management Tim Walsh is scheduled to visit the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative on the campus of the University of South Carolina-Aiken Thursday to highlight the “Nuclear Renaissance in the Southeast.”

According to a DOE announcement, Walsh is expected to discuss the Savannah River Site’s role in America’s nuclear future.

The invitation-only program was scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Over the past year there has been much speculation about the Savannah River Site being used as the home for a small modular reactor.

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