Cleanup & Remediation

Salt Waste Facility Startup at Savannah River Site Pushed Back to Early 2020

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Startup of the Savannah River Site’s $2.3 billion Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) has been pushed back to the first quarter of next year, following initial efforts to begin operations in December 2018 and a more recent target of December 2019.
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