Area A : US DoE Savannah River Site

USA / South Carolina / Jackson /
 federal government, nuclear reprocessing site

US Dept. of Energy : Savannah River Site
Administration Area

The Savannah River Site is a nuclear materials processing center in the United States state of South Carolina, located on land adjacent to the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia. It is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the Washington Savannah River Company (WSRC), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Washington Group International.

There are several other partner companies on the Savannah River Site including Bechtel Savannah River, Inc. (BSRI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bechtel, BNG America now Energy Solutions (formerly part of BNFL), BWXT Savannah River Company, a BWXT company, and CH2 Savannah River Company, a CH2M Hill subsidiary. The site was built during the 1950s to refine nuclear materials for deployment in nuclear weapons.

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Coordinates:   33°20'34"N   81°44'28"W
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