SRTC Institutional Plan
Aiken, SC: Savannah River Technology Center, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Spiral bound. Variable paginations (approximately 100 pages). Illustrations (some in color). Appendix A--Core Technical Skills. Appendix B--List of Acronyms. Cover has slight wear and soiling. The Savannah River Site was constructed to produce the basic materials necessary in the fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239. In support of these efforts, the Savannah River Laboratory was created. In August 1950, a top secret letter regarding the scope of work for the site included the directive that “new research and development facilities would be included at the main site or elsewhere to the extent required to support the work. Such facilities will be provided for the solution of process improvement and process development problems which may arise in connection with the work.” With this directive, the Savannah River Laboratory was created and soon became the second largest research facility for operator E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company. The original Savannah River Laboratory included five main facilities: a main laboratory for process development and experimental research; the Waste Disposal Facility to handle waste created by the laboratory; the Pile Physics laboratory, which contained experimental reactors; and CMX and TNX. CMX was established to determine the treatment needed for cooling water in reactor heat exchangers and TNX was used to determine operational information for separations. The laboratory quickly expanded to include a health physics laboratory, equipment engineering laboratory, and temporary labs such as a fluid pressure bonding laboratory and a mockup of a reactor tank. Since that time, the lab changed its name to the Savannah River Technology Center and is now the Savannah River National Laboratory. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: FFRDC, Federally Funded Research and Development Center, Environmental Management, Plant Directed Research and Development, Technology Transfer, Critical Skills, Nuclear Materials, Stockpile Stewardship
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