Surplus facility reuse program-Savannah River Site
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC (United States)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Savannah River site (SRS) are undergoing a major transformation as priorities are shifted to reflect the end of the Cold War. This mission shift and associated fiscal restraints are resulting in a significant number of SRS facilities becoming surplus. As a cost-effective benefit to DOE and the public, these surplus facilities are being made available for reuse (in lieu of new construction), first to other site, DOE, or government organizations and secondly to commercial vendors through the SRS Economic Development Programs. The SRS has developed a Surplus Facility Reuse Program to identify and locate surplus facilities for internal DOE users, other government agencies, or potential commercial vendors. Numerous liability, legal/contractual, authority, safety, nuclear nonproliferation, and coordination issues regulated by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) have surfaced during the development of the SRS reuse program. Most of these issues significantly affect costs for commercial users of DOE surplus facilities and need to be addressed.
- OSTI ID:
- 186270
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950601-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 95:004729-0042
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 72; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Philadelphia, PA (United States), 25-29 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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