Cleanup & Remediation

SRNS Picks Up 84 Percent of 2017 NNSA Fees

By Photo of ExchangeMonitor

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions took home $13.1 million in fiscal 2017 fees for the nuclear-weapon work it manages for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
That was roughly 84 percent of the total available…

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