DOE Agreement Means Speedier Treatment Of Toxic, Nuclear Waste at Savannah River

摘要

The Department of Energy agreed to process more than 36 million gallons of liquid hazardous and radioactive waste at the Savannah River site by 2022 under a deal it has reached with South Carolina over cleanup delays. According to Shelly Wilson, the federal liaison for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the agreement represents a significant part of cleanup efforts at the former nuclear weapons material site. The deal impacts "a huge volume of legacy and radioactive waste," she told Bloomberg BNA Nov. 1.